harm a fly

English

Verb

harm a fly (third-person singular simple present harms a fly, present participle harming a fly, simple past and past participle harmed a fly)

  1. Alternative form of hurt a fly.
    • 1981 February 7, Nancy Walker, “A Gentle Guy”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 13:
      He was old and sober, a hard-working student and an apparently passive individual who would not harm the proverbial fly.
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