"like flies on pie" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} like flies on pie, {{en-PP}} like flies on pie
  1. (simile) Synonym of like white on rice Synonyms: like white on rice [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-like_flies_on_pie-en-prep_phrase-17nMN8bB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes

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