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The phrase "a mosquito in a" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used in various contexts, often metaphorically, to describe something small or annoying within a larger situation or environment.
Example: "He felt like a mosquito in a crowded room, trying to make his voice heard among the louder conversations."
Alternatives: "a fly in the ointment" or "a thorn in the side".
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As Senator Kit Bond, a Republican, put it, there were so many good targets that he felt "like a mosquito in a nudist colony".
If you believe as an individual that you cannot make a difference, try to go to sleep at night with a mosquito in a room and you'll discover what a big difference that can make.
In "You Vs"., kids face off against a range of opponents (from historical figures like Marie Antoinette to the more unexpected guests, like a Mosquito) in a quick lesson cleverly disguised as a trivia game.
This occurs when human antibodies, taken up by a mosquito in a potentially infective blood-meal containing male and female Plasmodium gametocytes, are able to block further parasite development and prevent infection of the mosquito.
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A MOSQUITO in the bedroom is usually just a nuisance, but other insects can cause serious damage to the house itself.
They worry me like a mosquito in the ear.
Later that evening she was bitten by a mosquito in her hotel room, an everyday occurrence during a hot summer that left her in such a state of paranoia that she bought a Bible and a copy of Dracula the next day and saw parallels between the two so vividly that she renounced religion.
Swear words in Swedish are like a mosquito, in Sami they are like a golden eagle.'.
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