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fly

 
 
/flaɪ/ noun [C]

Translation

INSECT a small insect with two wings
sinek
There was a fly buzzing around in the kitchen.500
TROUSERS ( also UK flies [plural]) the part where trousers open and close at the front
pantolon fermuarı
a button/zip fly 829
fly on the wall If you say that you would like to be a fly on the wall in a certain situation, you mean that you would like to be there secretly to see and hear what happens.
gözetliyor olmak, gizlice saklanıp gözetlemek; tepesinde olmak
1081
a fly-on-the-wall documentary/film a television programme or film in which people do not act but are recorded in real situations, sometimes without knowing
gizli kamerayla kayıt/çekim yapmak
17512368
be dropping like flies to be dying or becoming ill in large numbers
telef olmak/etmek, topluca ölmek/hastalanmak
584456
wouldn't hurt a fly If you say that someone wouldn't hurt a fly, you mean that they are very gentle and would never do anything to injure or upset anyone.
karıncayı bile incitemez, merhametli olmak; başkalarını üzmekten uzak durmak
He looks big and tough but he wouldn't hurt a fly.1026
(Definition of fly noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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