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fly in the ointment

NOUN
  1. an inconvenience that detracts from the usefulness of something

How To Use fly in the ointment In A Sentence

  • This fly in the ointment of growth inspires optimistic revolutionaries to change things overnight. Times, Sunday Times
  • You might sigh: "It's a fly in the ointment ah!
  • Rachel seems to be the one fly in the ointment of Caroline's smooth life.
  • Rachel seems to be the one fly in the ointment of Caroline's smooth life.
  • There is, of course, one fly in the ointment, and that is the fact that space exploration costs money.
  • The only fly in the ointment was Jacky.
  • We lead a very happy life here. The only fly in the ointment is that there's too much traffic on our road.
  • The fly in the ointment of the apothecary was a baby to you. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 10, 1892
  • Great love stories always need a fly in the ointment, and the vast majority end unhappily. Times, Sunday Times
  • As carbon dioxide production from vehicles is directly related to fuel consumption and annual mileage covered, the remaining fly in the ointment is the taxi problem.
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