fly in the ointment

We had so much fun at the party last night. It was really a fly in the ointment that you could not be there.

But the fly in the ointment was that Mike and I both cut our feet on some sharp coral.

For once she would be right, as it is the difficulties of the Icelandic banks that have revealed the fly in the ointment.

The other fly in the ointment was that they were both very busy people.

The only fly in the ointment could be the weather. Forecasters admitted that a burst of April showers was a distinct possibility.

Lily's family are going to the swimming pool and it is going to be great fun. The only fly in the ointment is that Lily can't swim.

Some people did not see that a good autumn leaves, it is fly in the ointment.

But the "fly in the ointment" is particularly large eyes, like wearing a pair of oversized glasses.

The only fly in the ointment is that the air is bad, full of smoke, and the music is too loud, so conversations are not really possible.

Your new job sounds too good to be true -- interesting work, high pay, short hours. Isn't there any fly in the ointment?

We enjoyed the play, but the fly in the ointment was not being able to find my hat afterward.

Indeed, the only possible fly in the ointment may come from an unexpected source.

A pass good action game, fly in the ointment is that the Russian version of that recommendation.

In fact, the only fly in the ointment is that the games were treated as a taxable benefit.

Although they look beautiful, but the intentions of view, always feel a fly in the ointment.

The bicycle can't obtain the traffic status information, to use that sometimes fly in the ointment.

He finds the place wonderful but there is a fly in the ointment: it is too far from the town.

Five-star hotel-style apartments with the same fly in the ointment is towards the north.

But the Olympic Games opening ceremony of the fly in the ointment has its place.

Mobile phones are very convenient and popular. But they ring at any time in public areas. It is a fly in the ointment!

Mobile phones are quite popular nowadays, but they ring at any time in the public areas. It is a fly in the ointment.

fly in the ointment A detrimental circumstance or detail; a drawback.

That mildew stain is really a fly in the ointment for the painting.

I find the house wonderful, but there is a fly in the ointment--it is too far from the town.

Then you can say : "Yes he is good. The only fly in the ointment is that he is mean. "

It didn't take long before we discovered a fly in the ointment, however.

You might sigh: "It's a fly in the ointment ah! "

But the fly in the ointment is that in the Chinese environment is very ugly fonts and icons and icon it is difficult to see.

We were having a picnic, when suddenly there came a downpour , which was rather a fly in the ointment.

I enjoy my job--the fly in the ointment is that I start early in the morning.

The only fly in the ointment