Like a fly on shit

v.

Heard in Kerry

To be extremely close to someone or something, in an intrusive or intimate manner.

In use

He was all over her like a fly on shit!

Posh English

He was positively draped all over the young lady in the most unseemly fashion.

  • Blue arse flyA bluebottle fly, or to move about frantically; also to become excited or angry.
  • Blue arsed flyA bluebottle fly. Used to describe someone who moves quickly, incoherently and at random.
  • Bar-flyA person who loiters in public houses from early in the day.
  • FlyTo depart in a hurry; to make tracks.
  • Let fly with itIn hurling, to strike the sliotar with force.
  • Like a blue arsed flyExtremely busy or hectic.