no flies on
phraseEtymology
A litotes suggesting one is not torpid enough to have flies settle.
Definitions
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!"
- I give you my word that there are no flies on his personal integrity, if that's what you mean.
- "He knows what we want, you bet" he whispered. "No flies on that preacher. I like him. I like any man who can do things without a diagram and directions for using."
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for no flies on. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA