Examples of use:
“But being a fly on the wall of the council meetings has taught me that even the dullest of dullest documents can transform into tales of drama and despair in the town hall chambers - which sometimes even make national headlines.”
“Oh to be a fly on the wall at this afternoon’s meeting between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn!”
“It would have been fascinating to be a fly on the wall, or a bug in the software, at last week’s meeting in San Francisco between Jeremy Wright, the culture secretary, and Mark Zuckerberg, the elusive boss of Facebook.”
This phrase is also used to describe a film-making technique where events are recorded with minimal intervention.
“In a statement, he described the film as ‘the ultimate fly-on-the-wall experience that Beatles fans have long dreamt about.’”
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