fly with leaden wings

English

Etymology

See with leaden wings.

Verb

fly with leaden wings (third-person singular simple present flies with leaden wings, present participle flying with leaden wings, simple past flew with leaden wings, past participle flown with leaden wings)

1. (obsolete, of time, poetic) To pass slowly.

Related terms

• with leaden wings
• go over like a lead balloon