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no flies on

no flies on phrase: no mental weaknesses, character defects, or other significant flaws belonging to.

Phrase

no flies on

  1. (idiomatic) No mental weaknesses, character defects, or other significant flaws belonging to.
    • "You're jest about the very woman I'm looking for, miss. Lithe—that's what I call you. I kin put you in the way of making your pile, I kin. This is a bonâ-fide offer. No flies on my business!"1899, Grant Allen, chapter 3, in Miss Cayley's Adventures
    • I give you my word that there are no flies on his personal integrity, if that's what you mean.1909, William Dean Howells, chapter 5, in A Hazard of New Fortunes

no flies on meaning in Bengali

no flies on in Bengali

কারো কোনো মানসিক দুর্বলতা

Origin of no flies on

A litotes suggesting one is not torpid enough to have flies settle.

Questions about no flies on

What does no flies on mean?
No flies on means no mental weaknesses, character defects, or other significant flaws belonging to.
What is no flies on in Bengali?
No flies on in Bengali is কারো কোনো মানসিক দুর্বলতা. See No flies on meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is no flies on?
No flies on is a phrase.

Words near no flies on in the dictionary

  1. no fault
  2. no fear
  3. no fidelity
  4. no fish, no dinner
  5. no fixed abode
  6. no flies on
  7. no fly list
  8. no fly lists
  9. no free lunch
  10. no free lunch theorem
  11. no frills

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