| 词组 | COWARDICE |
| 释义 | candy-ass 1. n. a coward. (Potentially offensive. Use only with discretion.) You are such a candy-ass! Stand up for your rights.Ralph seems tough, but he's just a candy-ass. 2. mod. cowardly. The candy-ass approach just isn't going to work.Stop the candy-ass stuff. Handle this issue directly. chicken n. a coward.Come on, let's go. Don't be a chicken.He's no fun. He's a chicken. chicken-hearted mod. cowardly.Yes, I'm a chicken-hearted softie. I hope you don't want to make something of it.He's chicken-hearted, but I still love him. chicken out (of something) in. to manage to get out of something, usually because of fear or cowardice.Come on! Don't chicken out now!Freddy chickened out of the plan at the last minute. crap out in. to evade something; to chicken out (of something).Now, don't crap out on me at the last minute.Fred crapped out, so there are only three of us. funk n. cowardice; terror.She suffers this terrible funk whenever she has to give a talk.The dog was in such a funk that it was whimpering. have a yellow streak down one's back tr. to be cowardly. (Have got can replace have.)I think that Wally has a yellow streak down his back. That's what's wrong.If you have a yellow streak down your back, you don't take many risks. lily-livered mod. cowardly.Don't be so lily-livered. Give it a try.That lilylivered guy is up hiding under his bed till this blows over. punk out in. to chicken out.He was supposed to ask her out, but he punked out at the last minute.Come on! Stick with it! Don't punk out! wimp out (of something) in. to chicken out (of something); to get out of something, leaving others to carry the burden.Come on! Don't wimp out now that there's all this work to be done.Ted wimped out on us. wimpy mod. weak; inept; square.You are just a wimpy nerd!Come on, don't be so wimpy. yellow mod. cowardly.Who says I'm yellow?Bruno says you're yellow. Wanna make something of it? yellow-bellied mod. cowardly.You are a yellow-bellied coward!I'm not bellied!What yellow-bellied skunk ran off with my horse? |
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