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not hurt a fly

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not hurt a fly
not injure or upset anyone or anything. She said the arrest was a mistake, that her husband wouldn't hurt a fly.
Usage notes: also used in the forms can't hurt a fly, couldn't hurt a fly, and would never hurt a fly: He was so gentle he would never hurt a fly.
See also: fly, hurt

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Shuan would not hurt a fly except when he was drinking.
"Oh, believe me, my anger means nothing; I could not hurt a fly," I smiled back bitterly.
 
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