Fly off

To abandon a friend (in most cases, best friend) within their presence in order to hang out or become best friends with another.

It is also used to address to someone who has "flew off".

Guy 1 - "Your flying off on me?!"
Guy 2 - "No it's not what it looks like, we're just talking to each other!"

Guy 1 (a week later) - "Hey there fly off! How's your new friend?"
Guy 2 - "Screw you"

Fly off by Johnthebapteest September 17, 2010

fly off the handle 

To become angry or enraged.

"I'm Buddy Rich when I fly off the handle!"

fly off the handle by Socko August 10, 2004

fly off the chain

to become infuriated, to lose all control of your actions

"Don't f*** with me right now, or I'll fly off the chain."

fly off the chain by .K+. January 10, 2009

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

The truth that is spoken in the bee movie

Person 1: Tell me the truth already!
Person 2: Fine! Ahem... According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible. by Big_Sussy_Amogus October 14, 2021

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

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SUS According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible. by Big_Sussy_Amogus October 14, 2021

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

This quote comes from the opening monologue of the 2007 animated movie Bee Movie.

The Quote

"According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway. Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible."

The Science & Myth

• The Origin of the Myth: The idea that bees cannot fly comes from a 1930s rumor. A French entomologist (August Magnan) and a mathematician (André Sainte-Laguë) supposedly applied rigid fixed-wing airplane equations to an insect and calculated that it shouldn't work.
• The Reality: Bees do not break any laws of physics. Unlike airplanes with rigid wings, a bee flaps its wings rapidly in a figure-8 motion. This motion creates a mini-whirlwind of air—known as a leading-edge vortex—which generates enough lift to support the bee's weight.

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible. by Kirkslayer69 October 16, 2026

Office fly-tipping

Discreetly depositing one's workplace detritus at different bins around the office. Reasons for doing so include smell of lunch remnants, lack of one's own bin, producing too much paper based waste, to annoy work colleagues, for spite.

Simon: What were you doing in payroll?
Will: I was office fly-tipping.
Simon: Teriyaki don?
Will: Yessir.

Office fly-tipping by SatMisc November 21, 2013