| 词汇 | be-afraid-of-your-own-shadow |
| 释义 | be afraid of your own shadowidiom disapproving(alsobe frightened/scared/fearful/terrified, etc. of your own shadow) to be frightened of things in a way that is not reasonable or necessary: They are weak leaders who seem afraid of their own shadows. For the rest of your life you will have to live secretly, fearing every knock at the door, frightened of your own shadow. I was astonished when I heard she'd been arrested, as I saw her as the timid type who is scared of her own shadow. Cowardly bottle bottle out chicken chicken out cowardice fainthearted gutless lily-livered pantywaist pusillanimity spinelessness timid timidity timidly timorous unheroic weak-kneed wimp wimp out wimpy |
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