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
LÜTfÜ-Turkish
Bianca[bi'æŋkə]
KlausKLOWS (German, Finnish)German, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish
Darius[də'raiəs]
OthnielAWTH-nee-əl (English)Biblical
Reshmi-Indian, Hindi, Bengali