• a b
  • Log In
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
  • Writing
  • Mobile apps
  • Help
  • ©2017 EdictFree.
    All Rights Reserved.
Vocabulary
  • Topic
Help
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy policy
Mobile apps
  • Android
  • Ios
Bright
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
    • Topic
  • Writing

Free Online Dictionary

The home of living English, with more than 820,000 words, meanings and phrases
All Properties select
District 1 District 2 District 7 More

Longman Dictionary English

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe a fly on the wallbe a fly on the wallto be able to watch what happens without other people knowing that you are there I wish I’d been a fly on the wall during that conversation. → fly-on-the-wall → fly
Examples from the Corpus
be a fly on the wall• I wished I could be a fly on the wall.• I wish I'd been a fly on the wall during that conversation.• You should be a fly on the wall and hear him sing your praises.• Oh, wouldn't I like to be a fly on the wall when you tell her the latest!
ldoceonline.com
Word of day

June 01, 2025

aquamarine
noun ˌækwəməˈriːn◂
Ad
Mobile apps

Browse our dictionary apps today and ensure you are never again lost for words.

Follow
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Find Out More
  • Contact us
  • Privacy policy
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree