A flag 'flies' in front of the building. = There is a flag 'flying' in front of the building.
The restaurant 'made a flying start' by filling up on opening night.
After some difficult years, the company is 'flying high' again.
(..) with my name on it? Leonard, don't take this the wrong way, but the day you win a Nobel Prize... ...is the day I begin my research on the drag coefficient of tassels on flying carpets. Ha, ha, ha. The only thing missing from that insult was your mama. I got one. Hey, Leonard, your mama's (..)2008 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization Season: 1 Episode 9