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Discover LudwigThe phrase "this will not fly" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to indicate that an idea, proposal, or plan is not acceptable or will not be approved. Example: "The budget proposal you submitted is too high; this will not fly with the board."
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This will not fly".
I said at the time this will not fly when Congress people start to retire.
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Otherwise this deal will not fly, which means the shareholders know a lot better what they think Bear Stearns is worth.
This sounds good but will not fly.
"It's been estimated that $800 or $900 million is lost in business on this day because people will not fly or do business they would normally do," Dossey said.
This is unacceptable and simply will not fly.
"This is unacceptable and simply will not fly," he said.
"We will not fly this machine until it is ready," said Michael D. Leinbach, the shuttle launching director, "and today it was not ready to go".
Helvetic started flying to Zurich from Cardiff in 2011, but had already dropped winter services after low demand and will not fly this summer.
From the point of implementation view, γ M should be smaller than the seeker gimbals angle [25] (35° in this paper) to make sure that the target will not fly off the field of view.
"We will not fly again until we have this understood," shuttle chief Ron Dittemore said at a news briefing in Houston.
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