Doubt - can i use "fly" as verb with inanimate objects witout wings.

[etapomay]

As per definition of fly(verb) in oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary point#2, I think I can say "Bullets fly".
Please note that here I also want to confirm if I can use the verb "fly" with objects without wings.
Is this a valid usage of "fly" as a verb?

Thank you.
:brickwall:brickwall:brickwall:brickwall

[mal4mac]

"Time flys" is a common cliche - time doesn't have (literal) wings.

Being more literal - balloons fly, so wings aren't needed.

If I pick you up and throw you into a bouncy castle, for the time your feet aren't touching the ground (or bouncy castle), you are flying - if not very well...

Try reading some good authors to get used to verbs in every kind of context - metaphorical and literal.

For flying type books try a Biggles novel - not great literature, but good fun and very easy to read...

Less ironic answers may be found in a forum devoted to Basic English - so I suggest you fly there for a more basic answer to your question, and come back here when you have some questions about literature.

[etapomay]

Thanks for the thrashing.
It reminds me I am not good at grammar. I don't read much either apart from work.
Biggles novel's new to me. Will give it a try. My type is Harry Potter and stuff like that.

But I got my answer.

[MarkBastable]

I think it was a fair question. And the answer's on the money. Though to be absolutely pedantic Time flies is a cliché.

Stick around anyway. There are no tested criteria for membership.

[Scheherazade]

"Time flys" is a common cliche - time doesn't have (literal) wings.

Being more literal - balloons fly, so wings aren't needed.

If I pick you up and throw you into a bouncy castle, for the time your feet aren't touching the ground (or bouncy castle), you are flying - if not very well...

Try reading some good authors to get used to verbs in every kind of context - metaphorical and literal.

For flying type books try a Biggles novel - not great literature, but good fun and very easy to read...

Less ironic answers may be found in a forum devoted to Basic English - so I suggest you fly there for a more basic answer to your question, and come back here when you have some questions about literature.Is this needed? Why so harsh?

[kiki1982]

Or if, in frustration, you throw something at the wall, or you throw a plate at you partner ;), it also 'flies through the room'.

Why so harsh, though?