10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THERE ARE NO FLIES ON HIM»
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1
Dictionary of Catch Phrases
in combinations, none of which can fairly be classified as a c. p. But there's an
extended form with variable him or, less often, her: and that elab. form is clearly a
c.p.: there are no flies on him - but you can see where they've been, which goes ...
2
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: American and British, from ...
... none of which can fairly be classified as a c. p. But there's an extended form
with variable him or, less often, her: and that elab. form is clearly a c.p.: there are
no flies on him - but you can see where they've been, which goes back at least to
c.
Eric Partridge, Paul Beale, 1992
3
Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
The allusion is to iEsop's fable of a fly sitting on a chariot-wheel and saying, " See
what a dust I make I " -See also La Fontaine's Fables, vii, 0. _ There are no flies
on him. He's all right j he's very alert ; you needn't be afraid of trusting him, ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 2001
4
Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms
... of ideas about improving the house. no flies (on someone) no lack of cunning
or native wit (in someone's makeup). You'll not have to spell things out for John –
there are no flies on him and he's probably guessed what's happening long ago.
3 There are no flies on him (her, etc.) He (she, etc.) is not a fool and is not easily
deceived: > 'You can't get through without showing your ticket to old Parkey, you
know - there are no flies on him!' 4 ... wouldn't hurt (or harm) a fly Used to ...
6
English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
sein • Bürschehen: ein ausgeschlafenes/aufgeweck- tes Bürschehen sein ♢
Schäfchen: sein Schäfchen zu scheren wissen (s.o. may look innocent/naive/...
but) he's as crafty as they come/he's a wide boy/there are no flies on him Ohr: es
...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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The Maid, the Man, and the Mystic: A Story of Yellowstone Park
"When one asserts that there are no flies on him, he intimates that he is honest
and upright — absolutely trustworthy," she explained. "How very odd! Make him
talk more — I love to hear your American slang." "Mr. Driver," called Merri, "Can
you ...
Marguerite Louise Verdier, 1913
There are no flies on him ! " they say — and most emphatically " there are no flies
on Kinglake ! " Open-eyed he had visited that very East from which such rich
fancy-laden argosies floated into the brain of the author of Urn Burial, and he ...
9
The Old Ball Game: How John Mcgraw, Christy Mathewson, and ...
Oh! Sullivanthe mighty fell— The champion'sfate was grim, But as for Jimmy
Corbett—well, THERE ARE NO FLIES ON HIM! Still,for allthe attention that those
two gladiators received in '92, thesweet science, so called, lacked the universal ...
We might say, of somebody who is bright and alert, that 'there are no flies on him',
though such a person might also once himself have been called 'fly'. Indeed, in
the ancient world, the fly was admired for its courage in attacking much larger ...
