People use curious expressions. Call them off the wall? Like doing things 'on the fly'. If you really think about it a fly is such a small organism that doing things on it is well nigh impossible. Unless you are its mate in which case its a matter of priorities.
Of all the things you would do like take a trip to Prague, or eat an ostrich burger, or go sky diving off of Victoria Falls why would you do them on the fly?
You would sit on a plane to go to Prague I think, and on a bench to eat the burger and go on top of a mount to jump off - where is the fly? The first and last example is off taking flight but does not have to involve a fly.
You could do anything on a whim because whims are categorically that - allowing for someone to do things on them. You could even fly on a whim for that matter.
Its a matter of perspective on what may or may not be whimsical but flying in a contraption designed for said purpose is not an off the wall idea.
Of all the things you would do like take a trip to Prague, or eat an ostrich burger, or go sky diving off of Victoria Falls why would you do them on the fly?
You would sit on a plane to go to Prague I think, and on a bench to eat the burger and go on top of a mount to jump off - where is the fly? The first and last example is off taking flight but does not have to involve a fly.
You could do anything on a whim because whims are categorically that - allowing for someone to do things on them. You could even fly on a whim for that matter.
Its a matter of perspective on what may or may not be whimsical but flying in a contraption designed for said purpose is not an off the wall idea.
Flying off the handle is more like it, perhaps? I personally like the personal vehicle-broom- used by witches..it is handy.
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