'a flying leap' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation where someone performs an incredibly daring and confident move. For example, "He took a flying leap over the wall of the castle and escaped."
He streaked past everybody in the solarium and took a flying leap into the hot tub.
"Worm" also takes a flying leap into the world of Marvel Comics.
However, it can be good for the spirit to take a flying leap into the unknown.
With a flying leap, a black activist tried to take down a Confederate flag in Charleston, S.C.
They all won Olympic gold medals by barreling down a runway and taking a flying leap into the sand pit.
The menu creates a similar predicament, beginning with foods and flavorings familiar to Indian menus, then taking a flying leap.
But the manner of its destruction, following a spectacular flying leap across the gap in a rickety wooden bridge, is as funny an auto demolition as any movie has given us in some time.
After a run-up lasting 12 years, James Cameron has taken an almighty flying leap into the third dimension.
He returned the ball that was intended for Terrell Owens 45 yards and made an acrobatic, flying leap into the endzone.
The Scot later refused to divulge which had most stoked his anger, but it is a safe assumption that top of the list are the Liverpool manager's insistence that Joleon Lescott had dived for a penalty against Jamie Carragher and that Dirk Kuyt was right to avoid a dismissal for his flying leap on Phil Neville.
Maybe Clippers star Blake Griffin's flying leap over a Kia in February's NBA Slam Dunk Competition will be good for a bonus point (or three) in next year's standings.
