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The fly on the car

When you’re already having a bad day and then something else happens and it just tips you over the edge.

Origin: Like when you swerve off the road and your car is teetering on a cliff edge and your weight is just barely keeping it from falling off the mountain. But then a fly lands on the car and you plummet over the edge of the cliff.
*accidentally sharts on an already bad day* “ah man, well ain’t that just the fly on the car!”
The fly on the car by Fatimama December 17, 2024

Picking the fly shit out of the pepper 

1. The act of being nit-picky to a ridiculous degree.
2. To meticulously analyze minutia.
"They shouldn't be allowed to call their CD 'Unplugged' because, technically, the microphones were plugged in."

"For crying out loud Bob, stop picking the fly shit out of the pepper.

Said the spider to the fly 

A phrase used to describe a situation in which one person has been captivated by another person's charm and flattery, and when the latter is secretly harboring ill intentions towards the former. In reference to the poem "The Spider and the Fly", in which a spider entraps a fly in its web using the same tactics.
Man 1: Damn, Weslley sure has been spending a lot of time with that new girl.
Man 2: Yeah, she's so sexy but she probably just wants him for his money.
Man 1: Aye, said the spider to the fly.

on the fly 

describing something done in a casual or informal manner; also, something said or done quickly or in passing.
"I just processed that order on the fly without making any notes."

"I don't remember mentioning anything about the party to Jenn's sister, must have said it on the fly."
on the fly by hipster July 26, 2005

bosh it in on the fly 

To make an audio edit in real time.
Walter: No time for fancy edits Randy, bosh it in on the fly.
bosh it in on the fly by [js] September 1, 2008

on the fly 

In the food industry, when a server has the kitchen haul ass making a dish he/she either forgot or that the customer ordered last minute. A dish "on the fly" is top priority.
"Oh shit, I forgot the manicotti! Well, I better tell the kitchen to make it on the fly"
on the fly by yomomo March 21, 2008