like a blue-arsed fly

English

Alternative forms

• like a blue-assed fly

Etymology

Refers to the frenetic flight of a bluebottle.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

like a blue-arsed fly

1. (simile) To be frantic, harried or restless
   • 2008, Patrick Burke, An Illiterate Genius, page 277:

     He was running around like a blue-arsed fly.