fly in the buttermilk
fly in the buttermilk · flies in the buttermilk
A black person in a predominantly white group of peopleA black person in a predominantly white group of people.
Meaning
2 senses(colloquial)A black person in a predominantly white group of people.
Synonym of fly in the ointment (“something that spoils something else”).
Forms
plural: flies in the buttermilk| Singular | fly in the buttermilk |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.