flypaper

• n. 捕蝇纸；粘蝇纸

1. paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies

fly, 苍蝇。paper, 纸。

1. It'stuck firmly in his consciousness like a piece of sticky flypaper.

那张呈文,牢牢地贴在他意识里,像张粘苍蝇的胶纸.

来自汉英文学 - 围城

flypaper (n.)

also fly-paper, 1851 (the thing itself is said to have become commonly available in London in 1848), from fly (n.1) + paper (n.).