| The only fly in the ointment is the difficulty in getting good-sized crowds through the turnstiles. |
| Needless to say there is a bureaucratic fly in the ointment. |
| The fly in the ointment for the Democrats, as reflected in this poll, is that they still don't have a candidate. |
| 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 fly in the ointment will be if there are major planning hold-ups. |
