fly in the ointment
Example Sentences
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"This must start to be calmed down," Mr Ives wrote in a note, adding that it "put a fly in the ointment of the Trump regulatory framework going forward".
From BBC
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
“The goat is like a fly in the ointment of perfection,” Freeman says.
From New York Times
Netanyahu, who has often used the U.N. podium to warn against Iran, described his country's arch-foe as the "fly in the ointment" that would try to wreck a deal with Saudi Arabia.
From Reuters
"The drop in inflation in the U.S. is encouraging, although the fly in the ointment is that this drop is largely coming from energy and goods prices," the report said.
From Reuters
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