| idiom. | beat a hasty retreat | поскорее убраться (The entity reached down and grabbed what Kendall described as a "lever" with a ball on the top – which she would later compare to the "joy stick" of an airplane – that stuck out of the floor of the craft. Kendall described what she speculated to be the ufonauts effort to beat a hasty retreat.  mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
