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a fly in the ointment 

A minor irritation, or hiccup that makes a failure out of something that would otherwise have been a success.
There is always a fly in the ointment! My ticket matched all six white numbered balls, but didn't match the green Lucky Ball! Still scored one hundred thousand!!! I ain't mad at 'em!

a fly ball 

When your testicles get caught in your zipper.
I was at the game yesterday and barely missed a fly ball... at the urinal.
a fly ball by peanotter June 7, 2014

a fly thing 

When some dumb shit can't remember what a fly is called. They've just said it but they're not quite sure if it's correct.
Ben -OMG my mum just killed a fly thing with an electric bat thing
a fly thing by Bethisabossassbitch September 24, 2015

there was an old lady who swallowed a fly

one of the darkest children's stories ever that ends every verse with the words "Perhaps She'll Die", with the exception of the very end where the old lady is finally dead
Guy 1: Did you hear how there was an old lady who swallowed a fly?
Guy 2: No what happened to her?
Guy 1: She died
Guy 2: Why did nobody help her?
Guy 1: She died after she ate the horse.
Guy 2: Wtf!

like a g-dog on a fly tip 

Slang saying one who is with the times,ecentric, all knowing,on top of things.
Man that guys like a g-dog on a fly tip today.

having a fly 

a decietful technique in which a man acts as if he has a fly in his clothes and therefore has to frantically scratch his whole body. this is a desperate, yet stealthy attempt to scrach one's genitals
im tihnking of having a fly! my balls itch so much!
having a fly by dwright935 May 27, 2009