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not hurt a fly



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Idioms and Phrases

Also, not hurt a flea . Not cause harm to anyone, be gentle and mild, as in Paul's the kindest man鈥攈e wouldn't hurt a flea , or Bert has a temper but it's all talk; he wouldn't hurt a fly . Both fly and flea are used in the sense of 鈥渁 small insignificant animal.鈥 [Early 1800s]
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Example Sentences

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鈥淗e鈥檚 spent 46 years in prison 鈥 and has not hurt a fly,鈥 said Woods鈥 attorney, Dominique Banos, CNN reported.

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Neighbors who live in the retirement community where the discovery was made said that Sourone-Mathers was a "very nice person" who would not "hurt a fly."

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鈥淵ou must mean Ben,鈥 said Frank, his voice quite easy now, 鈥渉e always potters about on the shore. He鈥檚 quite a nice fellow, you need never be frightened of him. He would not hurt a fly.鈥

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Ciccolo鈥檚 mother has said her son 鈥渨ould not hurt a fly.鈥

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"He would not hurt a fly," Imam Akonjee's nephew Rahi Majid, told the newspaper.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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