- Chicken-hearted
- chickenhearted chickenhearted, Chicken-hearted Chick"en-heart`ed, a. Timid; fearful; cowardly; easily frightened. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
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Chicken-hearted
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chicken-hearted — {adj.} Cowardly; excessively timid. * / Come on, let s get on that roller coaster, she cried. Don t be so chicken hearted. / See: CHICKEN LIVERED … Dictionary of American idioms
chicken-hearted — {adj.} Cowardly; excessively timid. * / Come on, let s get on that roller coaster, she cried. Don t be so chicken hearted. / See: CHICKEN LIVERED … Dictionary of American idioms
chicken-hearted — ☆ chicken hearted [chik′ənliv΄ərdchik′ənhärt΄id] adj. cowardly; timid: also ☆ chicken livered [chik′ənliv΄ərd] … English World dictionary
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 … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
chicken-hearted — adj Cowardly; excessively timid. Come on, let s get on that roller coaster, she cried. Don t be so chicken hearted. See: chicken livered … Словарь американских идиом
chicken-hearted — adjective not brave; lacking courage; cowardly These chicken hearted bosses always seem to give in at the first sign of a strike … Wiktionary
chicken-hearted — American not brave. These chicken hearted bosses always seem to give in at the first sign of a strike … New idioms dictionary
chicken-hearted — chicken heartedly, adv. chicken heartedness, n. /chik euhn hahr tid/, adj. Informal. timid; fearful; cowardly. [1675 85, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
chicken-hearted — chicken heartedly, adv. chicken heartedness, n. /chik euhn hahr tid/, adj. Informal. timid; fearful; cowardly. [1675 85, Amer.] … Useful english dictionary
chicken hearted — adj. (Slang) not brave; cowardly; missing courage; fearful … English contemporary dictionary
