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词汇 not-say-boo
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not say boo


idiom informal
mainly US
to not say anything, especially to not complain or protest:
People want to keep their jobs, so nobody says boo.
If the person in the image had been a man, nobody would have said boo.
You didn't say boo to me about going to your mother's this weekend.你从没和我提起过这个周末要去你母亲家的事情。
(alsobe afraid to say boo); (also mainly UKnot say boo to a goose)
to be very nervous and easily frightened: 非常胆小
She's actually a shy wallflower who wouldn't say boo to a goose.
I like artists that make bold statements and challenge "good taste", rather than those who are afraid to say boo.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not saying much
a few well-chosen wordsidiom
abruptly
abruptness
boo
briefly
cat
concisely
conciseness
crisp
gnomic
incommunicative
laconic
laconically
monosyllabic
monosyllabically
pithily
quietly
quietness
taciturn
well chosen

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Shy and modest
Anxious and worried

not say boo


idiom
USinformal
to say nothing: 什么也没说,一言未发
You didn't say boo to me about going to your mother's this weekend.你从没和我提起过这个周末要去你母亲家的事情。
USinformal (alsobe afraid to say boo); (UKnot say boo to a goose)
to be very nervous and easily frightened非常胆小
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not saying much
a few well-chosen wordsidiom
abruptly
abruptness
boo
briefly
cat
concisely
conciseness
crisp
gnomic
incommunicative
laconic
laconically
monosyllabic
monosyllabically
pithily
quietly
quietness
taciturn
well chosen

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Shy and modest
Anxious and worried

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