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fly-by-night
nouns
a debtor who flees to avoid paying
fly-by-night
is a type of (narrower)
a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
debitor,
debtor
adjectives
(of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
"a shady operation"
fly-by-night,
shady
ephemeral
"the symphony is no fly-by-night venture"
fly-by-night
is similar to
not permanent; not lasting
"politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"
impermanent,
temporary
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