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词组 fly in the ointment
释义 fly in the ointment

someone or something that spoils a good situation.

What remains a fly in the ointment is the fact that the UN has not approved the peace plan.

Etymology: from a Bible story which explains that dead flies spoil ointment (= medicine spread on the skin)

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