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fly INSECTflaIn [C]a small insect with two wings, esp. a HOUSEFLY家蝇，苍蝇Swat that fly before it lands on the food!打死那只苍蝇，别让它停到食物上。I could hear the sound of a fly buzzing around the room.我听到房间里有只苍蝇在嗡嗡叫。(infml) If people are dropping (off) like flies they are dying or falling down in large numbers.大量死亡The heat was overwhelming and people were dropping off like flies.热浪滚滚，难以承受，许许多多的人因此死去。(infml) Members of a group who meet in order to do a particular activity might also be said to be dropping off like flies if a lot of them are stopping doing that activity.纷纷停止，大量流失There used to be over twenty of us in our aerobics class but they're dropping off like flies!我们这个增氧健身班原来有20多个人，现在都纷纷退出了。(infml) A fly in the ointment is a single thing or person that is spoiling a situation which could have been very positive or enjoyable.美中不足之处，使人扫兴的(小)事I'm looking forward to Sunday, the only fly in the ointment being the fact that I shall have to sit next to my mother-in-law.我在盼望着星期天的到来，然而美中不足的是我得坐到丈母娘的身边去。If you say you'd like / love to be a fly on the wall on a future occasion you mean that you would like to hear what will be said or see what will happen while not being noticed.不被察觉的观察者I'd like / love to be a fly on the wall when those two get home!他们两人一到家我就想做一个不被注意的旁观者。(Br) A fly-on-the-wall documentary / programme is one in which the people involved forget that they are being filmed.真实的纪录片/节目(参与的人们投入忘我，无被拍摄的不自然感)If you say there are no flies on someone, you mean that they cannot easily be deceived.不会轻易上当If you say that someone wouldn't harm / hurt a fly you mean they are gentle and would not do anything to injure or offend anyone.心慈手软(的人)，善良温和(的人)
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