"fly in the ointment" meaning in All languages combined

See fly in the ointment on Wiktionary

Phrase [英語]

Forms: flies in the ointment [canonical]
  1. 香油に蝿
    Sense id: ja-fly_in_the_ointment-en-phrase-GuLCnC0Q
  2. 香油に蝿
    一つまたは少数の難点。瑕瑾。
    Sense id: ja-fly_in_the_ointment-en-phrase-Bkl0uTBE
  3. 香油に蝿
    良い物・高価なものが台無しになるような些細な欠点・欠陥。楽しい出来事をぶち壊しにするものや人。
    Sense id: ja-fly_in_the_ointment-en-phrase-LeufMusS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    "Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinkingsavour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.(The King James Bible Ecclesiastes)"
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