You all know him, he wouldn't hurt a fly.

我们都认识他，他连苍蝇都不敢伤害。

You felt that he could not bear to hurt a fly.

你觉得他甚至连只蚂蚁都不忍伤害。

I'm not, at all. I wouldn't hurt a fly, Rob!

我当然不是那种人。我连一只苍蝇都不敢伤害。

Well, you can describe them by saying they wouldn't hurt a fly.

好的，你可以用“心地善良”来描述他们。

So someone who wouldn't hurt a fly must be so patient and kind, right?

所以那些不会伤害苍蝇的人肯定非常有耐心，也很善良，对吧？

OK. And not to hurt a fly means to be gentle and unwilling to make people unhappy.

好吧，苍蝇都不敢伤害是指很温和，不愿意惹其他人不高兴。

I can assure you I've, uh, I've never hurt a fly.

我可以保证，我连苍蝇都没杀过一只。

So you would describe that person as: He wouldn't hurt a fly.

所以你会这样描述那个人：他不会伤害一只苍蝇。

They also skated over the accusations of bullying in the report - " He's a boisterous little boy, but he wouldn't hurt a fly! " Aunt Petunia had said tearfully.

对于老师批评达力欺负同学的评语，他们也轻飘飘地一带而过--" 他是一个活泼爱动的小孩，可是他连一只苍蝇都不忍心伤害的！" 佩妮姨妈噙着泪花说。

So there's two expressions involving flies, there's probably more, but I'm just going to look at two, the first one is: wouldn't hurt a fly.

所以有两个涉及苍蝇的表达方式， 可能还有更多， 但我只看两个，第一个是：wouldn't hurt a fly。

If they're worried about trusting someone, you might say to them " Don't worry, Steve wouldn't even hurt a fly! He's the nicest guy that you'll ever meet! "

如果他们不太相信某个人的话，你可以和他们说“别担心，史蒂夫特别特别善良！他会是你们见过的最最好的人！”

But I do care very much what Miss Plenty Campbell says, for she is a very sensible, generous, discreet, and dear old lady who wouldn't hurt a fly, much less a good and faithful girl who has been a sister to me.

但我很在意普伦蒂·坎贝尔小姐说的话， 因为她是一个非常懂事、大方、谨慎、亲切的老太太， 连一只苍蝇都不会伤害， 更不用说是一个善良、忠诚的女孩了， 她一直是我的姐姐。

" Oh, believe me, my anger means nothing; I could not hurt a fly, " I smiled back bitterly. " And the worst of it is, he knows it. You are right. If he has destroyed the shears, I shall do nothing except begin over again" .

" 相信我，我的愤怒算不了什么，我是连一个苍蝇也不会伤害的，" 我以苦笑作为回答，" 而最糟糕的是：他知道我们是不会对他下手的。 你说得对，要是他把人字吊破坏了，我也只好重新开始，没有别的办法。"