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单词 thief in the night, like a
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thief in the night, like a


According to the epistle to the Thessalonians in the New Testament, the “day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.”

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By extension, “like a thief in the night” means to appear or arrive swiftly and stealthily: “This disease is like a thief in the night, stealing the thoughts and dreams of the elderly.”

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thick-skulled, thick-tailed ray, thick-witted, thief, thief ant, thief in the night, like a, thief, thieves, thiemia, thienylalanine, Thiers, thiethylperazine maleate
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