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How to use fly in the ointment in a sentence

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The fly in the ointment for the Democrats, as reflected in this poll, is that they still don't have a candidate.
The only fly in the ointment is the difficulty in getting good-sized crowds through the turnstiles.
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 is the project stuff which is so onerous it would ordinarily have had me eating my desk blotter with frustration.
The only fly in the ointment today was Gentle Annie, a nasty hill.
Painting by Huyghe changes from a well-wisher into a fly in the ointment or even worse, to a prophet of doom.
There is still, however, one fly in the ointment, and that is the relatively non-binding nature of this directive.
The only fly in the ointment came during the boat's passage through the Canary Islands, with a missed jibe leading to a torn spinnaker.
This evening, I would like, at the outset, to point out a fly in the ointment.
The only fly in the ointment now is the lack of consideration given to the European Parliament.
Yes, don't you know I'm going to throw a fly in the ointment?
The fly in the ointment will be if there are major planning hold-ups.
Needless to say there is a bureaucratic fly in the ointment.
Of course, for my group, incorporation in the report on visas of the report on biometrics looked like a fly in the ointment.
The fly in the ointment is the curious decision on the choice of the troika for the praesidium of this Convention.
This is a considerable fly in the ointment of the composition of the Court, even though the present candidates include a very impressive lady.
A real fly in the ointment, however, is the lack of progress in bringing decision-making processes closer to the people.
The problem with the CAIS program is that there is a little fly in the ointment called the negative margin, which is not covered.
The fly in the ointment, however, is that for any forecast to be obtained the initial conditions need to be measured and fed into a model.
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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Examples from Classical Literature
There's only one small fly in the ointment, so far as I can see.
The fly in the ointment, however, was the accusation Tarzan had made against this woman.
The only fly in the ointment for UEFA's Holy Trinity of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern is that Rafa Benitez is now in charge at the Bernabeu.
The potential fly in the ointment is impressive point-topoint winner Hester Flemen.
But just when things seemed to be going well for the resort, up pops a fly in the ointment under the name of Joe Bleacher.
This day he learned something, and that he did not lose his life in the learning of it, was a matter of great surprise to Tarzan, and the fly in the ointment, to Tublat.
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