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like a blue-arsed fly
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English
1.1
Alternative forms
1.2
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Adjective
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like a blue-assed fly
Etymology
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Refers to the frenetic flight of a
bluebottle
.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
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like
a
blue
-
arsed
fly
(
simile
)
To be
frantic
,
harried
or
restless
2008
, Patrick Burke,
An Illiterate Genius
, page
277
:
He was running around
like a blue-arsed fly
.