flyblown

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He has about as much tact as a flyblown bull.

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  1. adjective Contaminated with flyblows.
  2. adjective Tainted; corrupt: a flyblown reputation.
  3. adjective Dirty or rundown; squalid: a flyblown bar on the edge of town.

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  • ( "I dreamt about you last night / Nearly fell out of bed twice / You can pin and mount me / Like a butterfly …") Don't allow yourself to be beguiled, however, or you will find yourself wandering down a flyblown alley filled with child murder, militant vegetarianism, gender-bending, and Tory-baiting. —  Slate Magazine
  • Inky Fingers: Maggoty Lamb picks over the flyblown carcass of this month's music press —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
  • X Yes, the truth, you flyblown ass. —  Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com
  • Feasted upon by the eyes of women, the clothes by four o'clock were flyblown like sugar cakes in a baker's window. —  Jacob's Room
  • Valle Crusis has a blacksmith shop and a dirty, flyblown store. —  On Horseback
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  1. from fly, n., + blown, past participle of blow. Hence flyblow.
 

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/ˈflaɪbloʊn/
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