like a thief in the night

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Suk-Ja	sook-jah	Korean
Feodora	-	Russian
Gennadius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Venyamin	vye-nee-ah-MEEN, vee-nee-ah-MEEN	Russian
Sappheire	-	Biblical Greek
AsbjØRn	-	Norwegian, Danish