NOT HARM / HURT A FLY

Meaning of NOT HARM / HURT A FLY in English

to be kind and gentle and unwilling to cause unhappiness

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

FLY — I In general, almost any small flying insect. In entomology, the term refers specifically to the approximately 85,000 species of …
Английский словарь Британика
NOT — I. |nät, usu -äd.+V adverb or -nt or -n't (ə)n(t), ( ə )n(t) ; also -not (|)nät sometimes -_nət, usu …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HURT — I. ˈhər]t, ˈhə̄], ˈhəi], usu ]d.+V verb ( hurt or dialect hurted ; hurt or dialect hurted ; hurting ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HARM — I. ˈhärm, ˈhȧm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hearm; akin to Old High German harm …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
HURT — — hurtable , adj. — hurter , n. /herrt/ , v. , hurt, hurting , n. , adj. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HARM — — harmer , n. /hahrm/ , n. 1. physical injury or mental damage; hurt: to do him bodily harm. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HURT — I. ˈhərt verb ( hurt ; hurt·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, probably from Anglo-French hurter to strike, prick, collide with, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HARM — I. ˈhärm noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hearm; akin to Old High German harm injury, Old Church Slavic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLY — I. ˈflī verb ( flew ˈflü ; flown ˈflōn ; fly·ing ) Etymology: Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HURT — noun a husk. ·see husk, 2. 2. hurt ·impf & ·p.p. of hurt. 3. hurt ·noun a band on a …
Webster English vocab
HARM — noun that which causes injury, damage, or loss. 2. harm ·noun injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune. 3. harm ·noun to …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
HURT — [hurt] vb hurt ; hurt.ing [ME, prob. fr. OF hurter to collide with, prob. of Gmc origin; akin to ON …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HARM — [harm] n [ME, fr. OE hearm; akin to OHG harm injury, OCS sramu shame] (bef. 12c) 1: physical or mental …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLY — [fly] vb flew ; flown ; fly.ing [ME flien, fr. OE fleogan; akin to OHG fliogan to fly and prob. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HURT — hurt, Hurt BrE AmE hɜːt AmE hɝːt ▷ hurting ˈhɜːt ɪŋ AmE ˈhɝːt̬ ɪŋ ▷ hurts hɜːts AmE \ hɝːts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HURT — / hɜːt; NAmE hɜːrt/ verb , adjective , noun ■ verb ( hurt , hurt ) 1. to cause physical …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARM — / hɑːm; NAmE hɑːrm/ noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] damage or injury that is caused by a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLY — / flaɪ; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( flies , fly·ing , flew / fluː; NAmE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOT — not S1 W1 /nɒt $ nɑːt/ BrE AmE adverb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: nought ] 1 . used to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HURT — I. Hurt, John BrE AmE (1940–) a British actor whose films include The Elephant Man (1980) and Captain Corelli's Mandolin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HARM — I. harm 1 S3 W3 /hɑːm $ hɑːrm/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ harm , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLY — I. fly 1 S2 W2 /flaɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense flew /fluː/, past participle flown /fləʊn $ floʊn/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HURT — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hurt) 1 tr. (also absol.) cause pain or injury to. 2 tr. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HARM — n. & v. --n. hurt, damage. --v.tr. cause harm to. øout of harm's way in safety. [OE hearm, hearmian f. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLY — n. (pl. flies) 1 any insect of the order Diptera with two usu. transparent wings. 2 any other winged insect, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLY — v. & n. --v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1 intr. move through the air under control, esp. with …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HURT — v. & n. v. (past and past part. hurt) 1 tr. (also absol.) cause pain or injury to. 2 tr. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HARM — n. & v. n. hurt, damage. v.tr. cause harm to. out of harm's way in safety. [ OE hearm, hearmian …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLY — n. (pl. flies) 1 any insect of the order Diptera with two usu. transparent wings. 2 any other winged insect, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLY — v. & n. v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1 intr. move through the air under control, esp. with …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HURT — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hurt) 1. tr. (also absol.) cause pain or injury to. 2 tr. …
Oxford English vocab
HARM — n. & v. --n. hurt, damage. --v.tr. cause harm to. Phrases and idioms: out of harm's way in safety. Etymology: …
Oxford English vocab
FLY — 1. v. & n. --v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1. intr. move through the air under control, esp. …
Oxford English vocab
NOT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Not' is often shortened to 'n’t' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HURT — ( hurts, hurting, hurt) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARM — ( harms, harming, harmed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. To harm …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLY — ( flies, flying, flew, flown) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARM — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. To ~ a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HARM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES damage/harm to the environment ▪ A lot of chemicals used in industry cause harm …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ball flies/sails ▪ The ball flew over the goalkeeper’s head and into the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HURT — [adjective]Are you hurt (= feeling pain or suffering from an injury)?We found a hurt dog lying in the road, and …
Cambridge English vocab
HARM — [noun] [U] - physical or other injury or damageBoth deny conspiring to cause actual bodily harm.A mistake like that will …
Cambridge English vocab
HURT — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep , great VERB + HURT ▪ feel ▪ the deep ~ that he felt when …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HARM — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable , great , serious , untold ( esp. BrE ) ▪ He was clearly intent …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NOT — INDEX: 1. not 2. stronger expressions meaning not 3. not one thing and not the other RELATED WORDS see also …
Longman Activator English vocab
HURT — See ↑ HARM 1, ↑ HURT/INJURE 2,3, ↑ PAIN 2,4, ↑ UPSET 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be injured/be hurt • …
Longman Activator English vocab
HARM — See ↑ HARM 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be out of harm's way • ↑ come to no harm/not come to …
Longman Activator English vocab
HARM — INDEX: 1. to harm a person, group, country etc 2. to harm yourself by your own actions 3. harming something …
Longman Activator English vocab
HURT — n. 25B6; verb my back hurts : BE PAINFUL, be sore, be tender, cause pain, cause discomfort; ache, smart, sting, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARM — n. 25B6; noun the voltage is not sufficient to cause harm : INJURY, hurt, pain, trauma; damage, impairment, mischief. I …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HURT — v. 1 harm, injure, wound; damage, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate, ruin She's so gentle she wouldn't hurt a fly The …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HARM — n. 1 injury, damage, mischief, hurt, abuse, misfortune A bodyguard was hired to see that no harm would come to …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HARM — noun DO · HAVE · MAKE · TAKE Many phrases begin with a very common very such as do, make, …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
NOT — нареч. 1) не, нет, ни (в соединении с вспомогательными и модальными глаголами n't it is hot, is it not (или …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HURT — 1. сущ. 1) а) беда, несчастье, удар судьбы Syn : blow б) вред, убыток, урон, ущерб; повреждение Syn : harm, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HARM — 1. сущ. 1) вред; убыток, урон, ущерб (in; to) to do more harm than good ≈ приносить больше вреда, чем …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NOT — not.ogg nɒt adv 1. не, ни ( в соединении с вспомогательными и модальными глаголами в разговорной речи n't) not infrequently …
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