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Pchuang Posted 20 years ago
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'fly-papered' what is the meaning of the expression?

"When one thinks of 20,000 so-called jihadists currently fly-papered in Iraq, one shudders to think where they might go next. Will they look further afield for employment?"

fly-papered
hanging everywhere?
  

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Hi, "When one thinks of 20,000 so-called jihadists currently fly-papered in Iraq, one shudders to think where they might go next. " fly-papered hanging everywhere? Fly-paper is sticky paper that is used to catch flies, they stick to it when they land on it.

  • Hi, "When one thinks of 20,000 so-called jihadists currently fly-papered in Iraq, one shudders to think where they might go next.
  • " fly-papered hanging everywhere?
  • Fly-paper is sticky paper that is used to catch flies, they stick to it when they land on it.
  • It's an odd expression as used in your sentences.
  • Perhaps it means these people are currently stuck in Iraq, in the sense of either preoccupied or unable to leave.
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Hi,

"When one thinks of 20,000 so-called jihadists currently fly-papered in Iraq, one shudders to think where they might go next. Will they look further afield for employment?"

fly-papered hanging everywhere?

Fly-paper is sticky paper that is used to catch flies, they stick to it whe
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In the context of the sentence, flypapered has the same meaning as "trapped" since flypaper is a paper coated with a sticky, sometimes poisonous substance, used to catch flies.

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