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
LynsayLIN-zeeEnglish (Rare)
Bunch[bʌntʃ]
PauliePAWL-eeEnglish
JannetteJAN-ət, jə-NETEnglish
IldikÓ-Hungarian
ErwinER-veen (German), ER-win (Dutch), ER-vin (Dutch)German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic