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John McCormack has been the dogged fly in the ointment here.

This means not being the fly in the ointment of peace talks.

Hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes—the inevitable fly in the ointment of any big new liberal idea.

The flaw in Gaga's ointment too was is in part that she was upstaged by Kanye.

And thou hast adorned thyself for the king with ointment, and hast multiplied thy perfumes.

Thou sattest on a very fine bed, and a table was decked before thee: whereupon thou didst set my incense, and my ointment.

So even here there were flies in every ointment, and no dream of perfection could remain unchallenged.

As to the numb feeling in one's feet, one never has time to rub oneself over with Bengue's ointment.

Evidently this imposingly named product is practically a lanolin ointment containing oil of wintergreen and menthol.