fly in the ointment
An unpleasant part of a pleasant thing; something small that spoils your fun.
We had a lot of fun at the beach; the only fly in the ointment was George's cutting his foot on a piece of glass.
Your new job sounds too good to be true - interesting work, high pay, short hours. Isn't there any fly in the ointment?
fly into a rage
fly into a temper
To become very angry.
By the time we mention the name of her ex-husband, she flies into a rage.
fly off the handle
To become very angry.
Рассердиться; сорваться на крик.
The teacher flew off the handle because the students were disrupting the class.
Учитель сорвался на крик, так как ученики срывали урок.
John flew off the handle whenever Mary made a mistake.
The children's noise made the man next door fly off the handle.
fly the coop
To leave suddenly and secretly; run away.
The robbers flew the coop before the police arrived.
His partner flew the coop with all the money.
fly-by-night
A company that sells many cheap things for a big profit and then disappears.
A dependable company honors its guarantees, but a fly-by-night only wants your money.
A person who does not pay his bills, but sneaks away (as at night.)
Hotels are bothered by fly-by-nights.
Set up to make a lot of money in a hurry, then disappear so people can't find you to complain about poor work, etc.; not trustworthy; not reliable.
Mrs. Blank bought her vacuum cleaner from a new company; when she tried to have it fixed, she found it was a fly-by-night business.
flying high
fly high
Very happy; joyful.
Jack was flying high after his team won the game.
flying saucer
U.F.O.
Unidentified Flying Object.
Some people think that the U.F.O.s are extraterrestrial beings of higher than human development who pay periodic visits to Earth to warn us of our self-destructive tendencies.
flying tackle
A tackle made by jumping through the air at the person to be tackled.
Most football coaches don't want their players to make flying tackles.
The policeman stopped the burglar with a flying tackle.