Eva from Italy writes:

In the sentences:

On the BBC home page, I found the expression a fly-on-the-wall series, the first reality TV programme. What does fly-on-the-wall mean?
Thank you in advance for your kind answer.

Roger Woodham replies:

fly-on-the-wall (adj)

By using concealed cameras, fly-on-the-wall television programmes or films show people doing what they normally do every day. Big Brother is a good example of this type of reality TV programme. We use the expression fly-on-the-wall because if a fly settles on your wall at home, you do not normally notice it. Note that fly on the wall is also used as a compound noun:

I'd like to have been a fly on the wall when your boss heard he'd been fired.

We use many animal idioms in English. Here are a selection of those involving both larger and smaller animals. How many of these do you know? Explanations provided beneath examples of use where meaning is not so obvious.

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