kite-flying

(British & Australian)

the act of telling people about an idea or plan so that you can find out what they think about it Mr Baker's hint about US intervention in the war was undoubtedly an exercise in kite-flying.

See fly a kite, Go fly a kite!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bronislav	brah-nee-SLAHF (Russian)	Czech, Slovak, Russian, Medieval Slavic
Zayna	-	Arabic
Bassem	-	Arabic
Erika	e-REE-kah (Swedish, Norwegian), E-ree-kah (Finnish, German), ER-i-kə (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, English, Italian
Vitya	-	Russian
Imhotep	im-HO-tep (English)	Ancient Egyptian