Which preposition to use with flea

in Occurrences 14%

I sent him away "with a flea in his lug," as the man described it afterwards.

from Occurrences 4%

''Tis well written,' he said, 'and good verses enough, but he who put them together for a spell knew little how to keep off evil spirits, for this would not keep a flea from a black cat.

at Occurrences 3%

Barbro cannot help smiling, and being not unused to acting under critical circumstances, she flicks off the flea at once.

to Occurrences 2%

But here's the trouble: when you make over your house to an outsider, maybe it'll stick to him, like a flea to a soldier.

with Occurrences 2%

He was a "fundi" at taking out jiggers, and sat for hours at the feet of our foot-soldiers; quickly adopting an air of authority that occasionally brought him swift blows from East African troopers, who do not tolerate easily such airs in a native, he produced the unbroken jigger flea with unfailing regularity and prescribed the pail of disinfectant in which the tortured feet were soaked.

of Occurrences 2%

He adds, that he destroyed the fleas of his puppies by once bathing them in warm water impregnated with oil of turpentine.

on Occurrences 2%

to brood, Or quack, to feed like fleas on human blood? FRIEND.

as Occurrences 2%

Information was laid that some persons were plotting against Claudius, but in the majority of instances he paid no attention, saying: "It doesn't do to adopt the same defensive tactics against a flea as against a beast of prey."

within Occurrences 1%

And so to sleep, as far as the crowing of many cocks outside and the activity of multitudinous fleas within would permit; and to make sure of us, we were locked infairly at last in a Turkish prison.

around Occurrences 1%

Real estate agents are as thick as fleas around that section.

for Occurrences 1%

A British official assured me they were "good blokes" and an Armenian told me they could skin fleas for their hides and tallow; but the Armenian was wearing a good suit, and eating good food, which he admitted had been given to him by the American Colony.

off Occurrences 1%

There is not a single one of us who does not think that he understands everything, from strategy to picking the fleas off a dog, better than professionals who have devoted their lives to it.

out Occurrences 1%

The room, although it was dirty, was cheerful; for the sunshine streamed in through the open window, and the view of the green valley beneath and the woods beyond soon drove the fleas out of mind.

than Occurrences 1%

He had rather have an iron chain hung about the neck of a flea than an alderman's of gold, and Homer's Iliads in a nutshell than Alexander's cabinet.

across Occurrences 1%

"A man might as well," says Lincoln, "undertake to throw fleas across the barnyard with a shovel.

Which preposition to use with  flea