1. They've made it fairly clear to me that I'll never be a high-flier, but every company needs some people who aren't high-fliers, and that's all right by me. BNC
2. Even the most competent high-flier, it seems, feels totally inadequate when faced with a child who simply will not get down to work. BNC
3. In the same way, you need to know if he wants to be Prime Minister; would you be happy being a high-flier's wife, with all the pressures that can bring? BNC