Meanings (ES + gloss)
jarro de agua fría
Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail.
A Poor Relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature,— […] —a fly in your ointment,—a mote in your eye,— […] —the ounce of sour in a pound of sweet.
And yet, in truth, he was not then a child of God. His pride and uncharitableness, were flies in the ointment.
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