頭の上の蠅も追えない

あたまのうえのはえもおえない あたまのはえもおえない

unable even to drive away the flies on one's own head (denoting a helpless person)

蠅

fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha)

幻を追う

まぼろしをおう

to pursue an illusion, to pursue a fantasy, to pursue phantoms

順を追う

じゅんをおう

to follow in order, to go through step-by-step

夢を追う

ゆめをおう

to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams

年を追う

としをおう

as one gets on in their years, as the years pass, year after year

後を追う

あとをおう

to pursue

巻を追う

かんをおう

to read volume by volume; to go on reading

金蠅

きんばえ キンバエ

greenbottle fly (esp. species Lucilia caesar)

家蠅

いえばえ イエバエ いえはえ

housefly (Musca domestica), house fly

糞蠅

くそばえ クソバエ

greenbottle

青蠅

あおばえ せいよう そうよう

bluebottle fly

ツェツェ蠅

ツェツェばえ ツェツェはえ

tsetse fly

黒蠅

くろばえ クロバエ

blowfly (excluding bluebottles and greenbottles)

牛蠅

うしばえ ウシバエ

ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis)

縞蠅

しまばえ シマバエ

lauxaniid fly (any fly of family Lauxaniidae)

蠅頭

small characters; tiny handwriting; as small as the head of a fly

肉蠅

にくばえ ニクバエ

flesh fly (any fly of family Sarcophagidae)

虱蠅

しらみばえ シラミバエ

louse fly (any fly of family Hippoboscidae)