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
Nikola (2)NEE-ko-lah (German)German, Polish, Czech, Slovak
Keysha-African American (Rare)
Hailey['heili]
RanṙahnJapanese
Bahadur-Persian, Arabic
Dinisdee-NEES (Portuguese), jee-NEES (Brazilian Portuguese)Portuguese