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121fly in the ointment — noun Something which ruins or spoils everything else; a nuisance or problem; an unpleasant or disagreeable detail …
122coal tar ointment — [USP] a preparation of coal tar, polysorbate 80, and zinc oxide paste, used as a topical antieczematic and antipsoriatic …
123compound resorcinol ointment — [USP] a preparation of resorcinol, zinc oxide, bismuth subnitrate, juniper tar, yellow wax, petrolatum, anhydrous lanolin, and glycerin, used as a topical antifungal and keratolytic …
124Whitfield ointment — benzoic and salicylic acids o …
125fly in the ointment — Synonyms and related words: abomination, atrocity, bad, bane, befoulment, blemish, blight, block, blockade, bottleneck, bug, catch, cordon, corruption, crack, crying evil, curtain, damage, defect, defection, deficiency, defilement, despoliation,… …
126Fly in the ointment — slight flaw that greatly diminishes the value or pleasure of something …
127fly in the ointment — Australian Slang slight flaw that greatly diminishes the value or pleasure of something …
128a fly in the ointment — (Slang) detracting element; inconvenience that take away from the usefulness of something; drawback …