The box was crushed during transport and the contents flew out. - English example sentence

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sacredceltic October 21, 2011 October 21, 2011 at 12:02:56 PM UTC

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I can't find "fly out" in my dictionaries.
Is this correct and what does that mean?
The German translation of the Japanese seems to indicate that the content fell out...so maybe it's just a confusion of fly/fall...

Delian February 9, 2014 February 9, 2014 at 1:26:10 AM UTC

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The term "fly out" is correct, although "fell out" could be correct, also. Flying out is essentially a more *energetic* version of falling out. :D

Using "fly out" in this sentence implies that the box was crushed very suddenly, rather than being slowly compacted by something heavy stacked on top of it.

The English is correct, and sounds very natural.

sacredceltic February 9, 2014 February 9, 2014 at 8:28:48 AM UTC

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OK, thank you.