thief in the night



thief in the night

A person or thing that moves in a swift and secretive, stealthy, or surreptitious manner. The cancer spread through my lungs and into my bones like a thief in the night, giving me no chance of beating it.
See also: night, thief

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
TuÂN-Vietnamese
SaffronSAF-rənEnglish (Rare)
Darshan-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada
Tyronetie-RONEnglish
Numitor-Roman Mythology
Tibor-Hungarian, Czech, Slovak