man or a mouse, (are you) a

Bold and brave or timid and cowardly. This alliterative comparison dates from the sixteenth century, when an unknown writer penned, “Fear not, she saith unto her spouse, a man or a mouse whether ye be” (Scholehouse of Women, ca. 1541).

See also: man

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

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there's something in the wind
no love lost between them, there's
up one's sleeve, to have something
moon (is) made of green cheese, (and) the
pick a bone (with someone), to
for my/one's money
live like a prince, to
when all's (is) said and done
give someone his/her head, to
crazy as a coot/loon

词组	man or a mouse, (are you) a
释义	man or a mouse, (are you) a man or a mouse, (are you) a Bold and brave or timid and cowardly. This alliterative comparison dates from the sixteenth century, when an unknown writer penned, “Fear not, she saith unto her spouse, a man or a mouse whether ye be” (Scholehouse of Women, ca. 1541). See also: man The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: there's something in the wind no love lost between them, there's up one's sleeve, to have something moon (is) made of green cheese, (and) the pick a bone (with someone), to for my/one's money live like a prince, to when all's (is) said and done give someone his/her head, to crazy as a coot/loon
随便看	fall below (something) fall beneath fall beneath (something) fall between fall between the cracks fall between two stools fall between (two things) fall by fall by (some amount) fall by the wayside fall by the wayside, to fall down fall down at (one's) feet fall down on fall down on (someone or something) fall down on the job fall, drop, etc. into place fallen fallen angel fallen idol fallen woman fall flat fall (flat) on (one's)/its face fall flat on your face fall for