0 a single thing or person that is spoiling a situation that could have been very positive or enjoyable: --
1 something that spoils a situation that could have been pleasant: --
To my mind the fly in the ointment is the 60-year redemption period.
However, there is one fly in the ointment.
Let me also point out that there is a fly in the ointment.
Of course, for my group, incorporation in the report on visas of the report on biometrics looked like a fly in the ointment.
There is, however, a fly in the ointment—only a small fly, but it should be dealt with.
But there is a fly in the ointment and that fly is becoming a nasty sore.
But there is a fly in the ointment.
The only fly in the ointment is the decision by a majority in committee to call for additional anti-discrimination regulations.
