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#1 (permalink) Mon Dec 20, 2010 8:57 am a fly on the coach-wheel

Would you tell me whether I am right about my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentence? Come! Confess, both of you! You were only flies on the wheel. (B. Show, “Back to Methuselah”) a fly on the coach-wheel = nonentity, a person laying one’s significance on thick Thanks for your efforts.

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