| Yes, don't you know I'm going to throw a fly in the ointment? |
| This evening, I would like, at the outset, to point out a fly in the ointment. |
| Painting by Huyghe changes from a well-wisher into a fly in the ointment or even worse, to a prophet of doom. |
| 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 today was Gentle Annie, a nasty hill. |
| 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. |
