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Meaning: (idiomatic)Nomentalweaknesses,characterdefects, or other significantflawsbelonging to.1899,Grant Allen, chapter 3, inMiss Cayley's Adventures:"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 abonâ-fideoffer.No flies onmy business!"1909,William Dean Howells, chapter 5, inA Hazard of New Fortunes:I give you my word that there areno flies onhis personal integrity, if that's what you mean.1914,Peter B. Kyne, chapter 13, inThe Long Chance:"He knows what we want, you bet" he whispered. "No flies onthat preacher. I like him. I like any man who can do things without a diagram and directions for using."1915,John Galsworthy,The Little Man,sc. 1:GERMAN. Wait! You are a young people.AMERICAN. That is so; there areno flies onus.2000June 3,James Brooke, “A Budget Canadian Carrier Brings Back the Friendly Skies”, inNew York Times, retrieved31 October 2013:"WestJet is tightly run, well managed, there areno flies onthose guys," said Harry Gow, a board member of the Canadian Association of Airline Passengers.
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