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
Sutekh-Egyptian Mythology
Soslan-Ossetian
WyattWIE-ətEnglish
CÉSarTHE-sahr (Spanish), SE-sahr (Latin American Spanish)French, Spanish, Portuguese
AulusOW-luwsAncient Roman
Cleena-Irish