| 词汇 | fly-in-the-ointment |
| 释义 | fly in the ointmentidiom informal a single thing or person that is spoiling a situation that could have been very positive or enjoyable: 美中不足之处；令人扫兴的东西（或人） I'm looking forward to Sunday, the only fly in the ointment being the fact that I'll have to sit next to my mother-in-law.我期待着星期日的到来，唯一令人不快的是，到时我必须坐在丈母娘旁边。 Difficult things and people a (heavy) cross to bearidiom albatross ball and chain bane be dead meatidiom be in the clearidiom bump chill equation hiccup hindrance hot potato impediment incubus nut snag stumbling block teaser teething troubles thorn in your flesh/sideidiom fly in the ointment | American Dictionaryfly in the ointmentidiom something that spoils a situation that could have been pleasant: The party was great – the only fly in the ointment was that my grumpy uncle was there. Examples of fly in the ointmentfly in the ointment There is, however, a flyintheointment. There is a flyintheointment, however. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Paragraph (c) is the flyintheointment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The filling up of this form is the one flyintheointment at the moment because it takes too long. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From my point of view there was a flyintheointment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is, however, one flyintheointment here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, there is a major flyintheointment, for though there are many conscientious developers there are undoubtedly cowboys jumping on to the bandwagon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only flyintheointment is the decision by a majority in committee to call for additional anti-discrimination regulations. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English But there is a flyintheointment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But there is a flyintheointment and that fly is becoming a nasty sore. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is, however, a flyintheointment—only a small fly, but it should be dealt with. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, for my group, incorporation in the report on visas of the report on biometrics looked like a flyintheointment. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Let me also point out that there is a flyintheointment. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English However, there is one flyintheointment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To my mind the flyintheointment is the 60-year redemption period. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of fly in the ointment These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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