Cowardice
31cold feet — cowardice or fear There is a physical justification for this standard English use. We do experience the symptoms of coldness when we are frightened: I think I must have the merest touch of claustrophobia or cold feet as they would call… …
32white feather — cowardice Such a feather in the plumage of a fighting cock was said to indicate poor breeding whence less aggressive behaviour: There s a white feather somewhere in the chield s wing, for all he s so big and buirdly. (Hamilton, 1898… …
33(the) white rabbit scut — cowardice The scut is the short white erect tail, the sign of the fleeing rabbit: What, leave Marsh and show the white rabbit scut to Nicholas Radcliffe? (Sutcliffe, 1900) …
34(the) wind up — cowardice The result of being windy2: Been sick, has he? He s got the wind up, that s his trouble. (Faulks, 1993, writing of a soldier in the trenches in 1916) …
35yellow streak — cowardice in a person s character He has a real yellow streak and will not say anything to defend his friends …
36White feather — A white feather is sometimes given as a mark of cowardice. A white feather has been a traditional symbol of cowardice, used and recognised especially within the British Army and in countries associated with the British Empire since the 18th… …
37Nicomachean Ethics — Part of a series on Aristotle …
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39fear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Anticipation of misfortune Nouns 1. fear, fearfulness, phobia; timidity, timorousness, diffidence; solicitude, anxiety, worry, care, apprehension; apprehensiveness, misgiving, mistrust, doubt, suspicion …
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