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be afraid of your own shadow
idiom disapproving(alsobe frightened/scared/fearful/terrified, etc. of your own shadow)
to be frightened of things in a way that is not reasonable or necessary:
They are weak leaders who seem afraid of their own shadows.
For the rest of your life you will have to live secretly, fearing every knock at the door, frightened of your own shadow.
I was astonished when I heard she'd been arrested, as I saw her as the timid type who is scared of her own shadow.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cowardly
bottle
bottle out
chicken
chicken out
cowardice
fainthearted
gutless
lily-livered
pantywaist
pusillanimity
spinelessness
timid
timidity
timidly
timorous
unheroic
weak-kneed
wimp
wimp out
wimpy
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