ni a una mosca

wouldn't hurt a fly

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phrase Rare #38,629
wouldn't hurt a fly Used in negative statements to describe someone as very harmless or gentle.
SP: Mi abuelo es tan tranquilo que no le haría daño ni a una mosca.
EN: My grandfather is so gentle that he wouldn't hurt a fly.

Él no lastimaría ni a una mosca.

He wouldn't hurt a fly.

Ahora, ese joven que está ahí, no le haría daño ni a una mosca.

Now, that young man over there wouldn't hurt a fly.

— Incontrolable (I Swear) (2025)

Tiene pinta de no poder hacer daño ni a una mosca.

He looks like he couldn't hurt a fly.

Yo no sería capaz de herir ni a una mosca, dejemos tranquila a Miss Agda.

I wouldn't be able to hurt even a fly, let's leave Miss Agda alone.

— Fresas salvajes (1957)

Ella no puede lastimar ni a una mosca.

She wouldn't hurt a fly.

Sméagol jamás lastimaría ni a una mosca.

Sméagol would never hurt a fly.

— El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey (2003)