fly in the ointment
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But even here there is a fly in the ointment, since consumer staples is a defensive sector that tends to produce its best relative performance when the market is about to decline.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The only fly in the ointment might be what executives say about the rest of this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
But there is still one fly in the ointment: researchers have not yet succeeded in reproducing all the crucial details of the observations in model calculations.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2024
“The goat is like a fly in the ointment of perfection,” Freeman says.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
The fly in the ointment was that there was too much work for Jet and not enough for me.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
