英语词汇be afraid of your own shadow怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

be afraid of your own shadow

idiomdisapproving(alsobe frightened/scared/fearful/terrified, etc. of your own shadow)

to befrightenedof things in a way that is notreasonableornecessary:

They areweakleaderswhoseemafraidoftheirownshadows.

For therestofyourlifeyou will have tolivesecretly,fearingeveryknockat thedoor,frightenedofyourownshadow.

I wasastonishedwhen Iheardshe'd beenarrested, as Isawher as thetimidtypewho isscaredof her ownshadow.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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(Definition ofbe afraid of your own shadowfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

单词	be afraid of your own shadow
释义	be afraid of your own shadow idiomdisapproving(alsobe frightened/scared/fearful/terrified, etc. of your own shadow) to befrightenedof things in a way that is notreasonableornecessary: They areweakleaderswhoseemafraidoftheirownshadows. For therestofyourlifeyou will have tolivesecretly,fearingeveryknockat thedoor,frightenedofyourownshadow. I wasastonishedwhen Iheardshe'd beenarrested, as Isawher as thetimidtypewho isscaredof her ownshadow. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Cowardly bottle bottle out chicken chicken out chickenshit cravenness fainthearted gutless lily-livered pusillanimity spinelessly spinelessness timid timidity timidly unadventurous weak-kneed wimp wimp out wimpy See more results » (Definition ofbe afraid of your own shadowfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/be-afraid-of-your-own-shadow##
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