no flies on



no flies on someone

Fig. someone is not slow; someone is not wasting time. (On the image of flies not being able to land on someone moving fast.) Of course I work fast. I go as fast as I can. There are no flies on me. There are no flies on Robert. He does his work very fast and very well.
See also: flies, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dermot-Irish
Harshada-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Ken (2)kenJapanese
Madhava-Sanskrit, Hinduism
FiachraFEE-akh-raIrish, Irish Mythology
Chioma-Western African, Igbo