thief in the night

English - Turkish

Definition of thief in the night in English Turkish dictionary

Gece üç defa uyandım. - I awoke three times in the night.

Büyükannem gece huzur içinde öldü. - My grandmother went peacefully in the night.

Tom geceleyin göğsünün ortasında yanan bir ağrı ile uyandı. - Tom woke up in the night with a burning pain in the middle of his chest.

Geceleyin bir kez daha aynı rüyayı gördüm. - In the night, I once again had the same dream.

English - English

Definition of thief in the night in English English dictionary: Something stealthy or that occurs without warning. (Usually used with like.)
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

thief in the night

Turkish pronunciation

thif în dhi nayt

/ˈᴛʜēf ən ᴛʜē ˈnīt/ /ˈθiːf ɪn ðiː ˈnaɪt/

() A calque from Ancient Greek.

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