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bird of passage
noun [C] (plural birds of passage)Definition
› UK a bird that migrates (= moves from one area to another when the season changes)Birds - general words › a person who stays for only a short period of time in one place, job, etc.: At present the organization has to rely on young, inexperienced graduates who are usually birds of passage.Travellers and visitors
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- a rolling stone (gathers no moss) idiom
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