"einer Fliege etwas zuleide tun" meaning in German

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tut einer Fliege etwas zuleide",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tat einer Fliege etwas zuleide",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einer Fliege etwas zuleide getan",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "täte einer Fliege etwas zuleide",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "einer_Fliege_etwas_zuleide_tun<irreg>"
      },
      "expansion": "einer Fliege etwas zuleide tun (irregular, third-person singular present tut einer Fliege etwas zuleide, past tense tat einer Fliege etwas zuleide, past participle einer Fliege etwas zuleide getan, past subjunctive täte einer Fliege etwas zuleide, auxiliary haben)",
      "name": "de-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German negative polarity items",
          "parents": [
            "Negative polarity items",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I could never hurt a fly.",
          "text": "Ich könnte niemals einer Fliege etwas zuleide tun.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She wouldn't hurt a fly.",
          "text": "Sie würde keiner Fliege etwas zuleide tun.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "“Besides, he can't hurt a fly. Really,” I insist, although I'm already wavering inside.",
          "ref": "2016, Kathrin Hanke, Claudia Kröger, Wermutstropfen: Der erste Fall für Victor Bucerius:",
          "text": "»[…] Außerdem kann er keiner Fliege etwas zuleide tun. Wirklich«, beharre ich, obwohl ich innerlich bereits ins Wanken geraten bin.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hurt a fly"
      ],
      "id": "en-einer_Fliege_etwas_zuleide_tun-de-verb-Khz~scOu",
      "links": [
        [
          "hurt a fly",
          "hurt a fly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) to hurt a fly"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the negative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "irregular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "einer Fliege etwas zuleide tun"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tut einer Fliege etwas zuleide",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tat einer Fliege etwas zuleide",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einer Fliege etwas zuleide getan",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "täte einer Fliege etwas zuleide",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "einer_Fliege_etwas_zuleide_tun<irreg>"
      },
      "expansion": "einer Fliege etwas zuleide tun (irregular, third-person singular present tut einer Fliege etwas zuleide, past tense tat einer Fliege etwas zuleide, past participle einer Fliege etwas zuleide getan, past subjunctive täte einer Fliege etwas zuleide, auxiliary haben)",
      "name": "de-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German idioms",
        "German lemmas",
        "German multiword terms",
        "German negative polarity items",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "German verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I could never hurt a fly.",
          "text": "Ich könnte niemals einer Fliege etwas zuleide tun.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She wouldn't hurt a fly.",
          "text": "Sie würde keiner Fliege etwas zuleide tun.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "“Besides, he can't hurt a fly. Really,” I insist, although I'm already wavering inside.",
          "ref": "2016, Kathrin Hanke, Claudia Kröger, Wermutstropfen: Der erste Fall für Victor Bucerius:",
          "text": "»[…] Außerdem kann er keiner Fliege etwas zuleide tun. Wirklich«, beharre ich, obwohl ich innerlich bereits ins Wanken geraten bin.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hurt a fly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hurt a fly",
          "hurt a fly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) to hurt a fly"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the negative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "irregular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "einer Fliege etwas zuleide tun"
}