Harmlessness


harm·less

H0067000 (härm′lĭs)adj.1. Not causing or incapable of causing harm.2. Not intended to harm or offend; inoffensive.3. a. Of or relating to an error in a trial that would not change the outcome and therefore does not call for a reversal of the case on appeal.b. Not giving rise to legal liability: an agreement to treat another party's behavior as harmless.
harm′less·ly adv.harm′less·ness n.

Harmlessness

 

See Also: INNOCENCE, KINDNESS

  1. As incapable of inflicting harm as a butterfly —Anon
  2. Harmless and pleasant as the murmur of book and wind —Robert Buchanan
  3. Harmless as a Fuller Brush salesman —Raymond Chandler

    Invariably topical or “brand name” similes either become obsolete or change when the name is no longer a household word. However, there’s always a new name or catchword to take its place.

  4. Harmless as a moth in a closet of Dacron —Anon
  5. Harmless as an infant at play —William Cowper

    Besides other variants meaning literally harmless (“Harmless as a baby,” ‘Harmless as a sleeping infant’), there are also the more dramatic ones implying danger (‘Harmless as an infant playing with knives/a box of pins/matches’).

  6. Harmless as a paper tiger —Chinese proverb
  7. Harmless as doves —The Holy Bible

    Attribution for the simile is often given to Christina Rosetti’s Sonnet of Sonnets, which contains this line: “She spread about her beauty for a snare, harmless as doves.”

  8. Harmless as leaves —Reynolds Price
  9. Harmless as pigeons —Robinson Jeffers
  10. Harmless as witches that have been robbed of their terror —Ellen Glasgow
Translations
无害

harm

(haːm) noun damage; injury; distress. I'll make sure you come to no harm; He meant no harm; It'll do you no harm to go. 損害，傷害，使難過 伤害，损害，危害 verb to cause (a person) harm. There's no need to be frightened – he won't harm you. 傷害 伤害ˈharmful adjective doing harm. Medicines can be harmful if you take too much of them. 有害的 有害的ˈharmless adjective not dangerous or liable to cause harm. Don't be frightened of that snake – it's harmless. 無害的 无害的ˈharmlessly adverb 無害地 无害地ˈharmlessness noun 無害 无害out of harm's way in a safe place. I'll put this glass vase out of harm's way, so that it doesn't get broken. 在安全的地方 在安全的地方