fraidy cat

fraidy cat

A person who is easily frightened or needlessly afraid. Greg called Joanne a fraidy cat because she didn't want to go exploring in the woods after dark.
See also: cat
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fraidy cat

Fig. a coward; a person who is frightened of everything. (Used in children's taunts.) Don't be a fraidy cat. Go ahead, jump! Carl is such a fraidy cat. He rums inside when it starts to rain.
See also: cat
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

fraidy cat

(ˈfredi...)
n. a coward; a person who is frightened of everything. (Used in children’s taunts.) Don’t be a fraidy cat. Go ahead, jump!
See also: cat
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • scaredy-cat
  • frighten
  • have a yellow streak down (one's) back
  • have a yellow streak down one’s back
  • be not for the faint-hearted
  • a yellow streak
  • be frightened to death
  • scared to death
  • I wasn't brought up in the woods to be scared by owls
  • scared silly/stiff/to death, to be
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