he wouldn't hurt or harm a fly
1wouldn't hurt a fly — wouldn t hurt (or harm) a fly (of a person or animal) inoffensive and harmless * * * wouldn t hurt a fly ◇ Someone who wouldn t hurt a fly is too gentle to want to hurt anyone. He looks big and dangerous, but he wouldn t hurt a fly. • • • Main… …
2wouldn't harm a fly — wouldn t harm/hurt a fly if you say that someone wouldn t hurt a fly, you mean that they are a gentle person and that they would not do anything to injure or upset anyone. Damian just isn t the violent type. He wouldn t hurt a fly …
3wouldn't hurt a fly — wouldn t harm/hurt a fly if you say that someone wouldn t hurt a fly, you mean that they are a gentle person and that they would not do anything to injure or upset anyone. Damian just isn t the violent type. He wouldn t hurt a fly …
4someone wouldn't harm a fly — someone wouldn’t hurt/harm a fly spoken phrase used for saying that someone is very gentle and would not do anything to hurt or upset anyone Terry may look tough, but he wouldn’t hurt a fly. Thesaurus: kind and gentle and sensitivesynonym… …
5fly — fly1 W2S2 [flaı] v past tense flew [flu:] past participle flown [fləun US floun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(travel by plane)¦ 2¦(move through the air)¦ 3¦(control a plane)¦ 4¦(send somebody/something by plane)¦ 5¦(use air company/service)¦ 6¦(cross sea by… …
6fly — [[t]fla͟ɪ[/t]] ♦ flies, flying, flew, flown 1) N COUNT A fly is a small insect with two wings. There are many kinds of flies, and the most common are black in colour. 2) VERB When something such as a bird, insect, or aircraft flies, it moves… …
7fly — I UK [flaɪ] / US verb Word forms fly : present tense I/you/we/they fly he/she/it flies present participle flying past tense flew UK [fluː] / US [flu] past participle flown UK [fləʊn] / US [floʊn] *** 1) [intransitive] to travel by plane Sometimes …
8fly — 1 verb past tense flew past participle flown PLANE 1 (I) to travel by plane: You can fly direct from London to Tokyo in under 12 hours now. | fly on (=continue flying to another place): The first stop is San Francisco, and from there we re flying …
9hurt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. damage, pain, ache, injury, wound, bruise, offense; loss, harm; distress, grief. v. ache, pain, throb; injure, wound; damage, harm; offend, distress, grieve, bruise. See malevolence, deterioration,… …
10hurt — hurt1 [ hɜrt ] (past tense and past participle hurt) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to cause physical pain or injury: You re hurting my arm! These new boots hurt. hurt yourself doing something: Don t hurt yourself exercising. a ) to… …
