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no flies on (someone) What does no flies on (someone) mean?	very fast or busy (too fast or busy for a fly to stay on someone)	There are no flies on my friend. He is always moving or going somewhere.
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company man What does "company man" mean?	a person who always works hard and agrees with his employees	My uncle was a company man and was very devoted to his company.
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down to the wire What does "down to the wire" mean?	at the very last minute (from the wire at the end of a horse race)	at the very last minute (from the wire at the end of a horse race)The election went down to the wire but in the end the President was re-elected to another term in office.
on the trail/track of (someone or something) What does "on the trail/track of (someone or something)" mean?	to be seeking someone or something	The police dogs were on the trail of the man who had robbed the bank.
hang (someone) in effigy What does "hang (someone) in effigy" mean?	hang a dummy of a hated person	The demonstrators hung the dishonest politician in effigy.

one of those days What does "one of those days" mean?	a bad day where many things go wrong	It was one of those days and from early morning things went wrong.
take it upon oneself to (do something) What does "take it upon oneself to (do something)" mean?	to make something one's responsibility	I decided to take it upon myself to fix the broken window in our apartment.
very thing What does "very thing" mean?	the exact thing that is required	The new sofa was the very thing that we needed to make our house comfortable.
read out loud What does "read out loud" mean?	read something so that other people can hear you	The students each had a chance to read out loud from the book of poems.
break out What does "break out" mean?	to become widespread suddenly	An influenza epidemic broke out last month. A fire broke out in the old building.

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No Flies On (someone) Idiom