Altan's voice was like the buzzing of a fly to Jareth; noisy, irritating, and ignorable.

Balboa waved that suggestion away like an irritating fly.

Derek glanced at Tasslehoff as he would an irritating fly.

The irritating fly, as she had thought it, was Travis's hair.

He began to seem more like an irritating fly that she kept having to swat away.

The other woman's eyes widened, but then she shook her head, like someone shrugging aside an irritating fly.

He waved a dismissive hand in her direction as if she were an irritating fly.

Lorie tossed her head like a lion tossing away irritating flies, and said nothing.

The EU should not be the bull in diplomacy's china shop, but nor should it merely be an irritating fly buzzing around.

He waved a hand as if he were swatting an irritating fly.