Sentence examples of "flitting" in English

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Another way of thinking about it is instead of thinking of babies and children as being like defective grownups, we should think about them as being a different developmental stage of the same species - kind of like caterpillars and butterflies - except that they're actually the brilliant butterflies who are flitting around the garden and exploring, and we're the caterpillars who are inching along our narrow, grownup, adult path. С другой стороны, вместо того, чтобы смотреть на детей, как на недовзрослых, мы должны думать о них, как о другой стадии развития того же вида - что-то вроде гусениц и бабочек - только дети - это прекрасные бабочки, порхающие по саду и исследующие его, а мы - гусеницы, ползущие по длинной, узкой дорожке нашей взрослой жизни.
"That is to say, your thoughts and words flit and dart, disconcertedly elusive at times, but when caught and examined - ahh, such a wonder, such a delightful reward. "Хочу сказать, что Ваши мысли и слова порхают и несутся, приводя в отчаяние своей неуловимостью, но если их ухватить и проанализировать - о, какое это чудо, какая восхитительная награда!
If there's a girl with her hands in the cookie jar thinking she's so clever and flitting hither and thither what does she know of passion? Если девушка готовящая печенье думает, что она умна, и бегает туда-сюда что она знает о страсти?
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