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Meanings of pesky fly in English

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Usage of pesky fly in English
1
I had been the rather pesky fly in the sheriff's ointment.
Calamity jayne
2
He might as well have been swatting a pesky fly.
The next to die
3
Gabe was a temporary pesky fly in the ointment, and she was determined to ignore the temptation.
Bulletproof bride
4
His disdainful tone had the sotto voce of exasperation as if she were the pesky fly who should be shooed away.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
5
As though the shell had been little more than a pesky fly, he continued to bash at another part of the building.
The hunchback assignments
6
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said sanctions were "the same as pesky flies".
The Irish Times
7
7-11 I have to wave my hand and shoo them away like pesky flies.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
8
"Love." Her mother waved a hand, as if brushing away a pesky fly.
A vote of confidence
9
" Pesky fly" he said.
The Long Chance
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