To not be able to cause harm to anyone, including even a tiny and insignificant insect.
This phrase refers to not being able to hurt even something that can hurt that person.
To not physically injure or verbally offend anyone.
He is such an innocent little child, he could not hurt a fly.
Her daughter seems like she could not hurt a flea but she is not so in reality.
Although he is tough professional but when you know him personally, you would know that he would not hurt a fly.
She confessed that she would not hurt a flea unless she is provoked.
My kid is as sweet as honey and would not hurt a fly.
His dog is amongst the biggest ones that I have ever seen. And although he is constantly chewing on the home furniture, they say he would not hurt a flea.
There is no origin for this idiom
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