Betydelse av kite-flying på svenska

• 0 the act of trying to find out what people's opinion about something new will be by informally spreading news of it:

  • These rumours of a new political party are obviously a kite-flying exercise.

• 1 the act of making a suggestion in order to find out how others react to it:

  • The idea bears all the hallmarks of political kite-flying.

  • He described the Treasury's hardship fund proposal as a 'kite-flying exercise'.