Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "In English, the phrase fly in the ointment is an idiomatic expression for a drawback, especially one that was not at first apparent, e.g. We had a cookstove, beans, and plates; the fly in the ointment was the lack of a can opener.The likely source is a phrase in the King James Bible:Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour."@en }
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- Fly_in_the_ointment comment "In English, the phrase fly in the ointment is an idiomatic expression for a drawback, especially one that was not at first apparent, e.g. We had a cookstove, beans, and plates; the fly in the ointment was the lack of a can opener.The likely source is a phrase in the King James Bible:Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour.".
- Q5463248 comment "In English, the phrase fly in the ointment is an idiomatic expression for a drawback, especially one that was not at first apparent, e.g. We had a cookstove, beans, and plates; the fly in the ointment was the lack of a can opener.The likely source is a phrase in the King James Bible:Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour.".