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not say boo idiom informal mainly US to not say anything, especially to not complain or protest: People want to keep their jobs, so nobody says boo. If the person in the image had been a man, nobody would have said boo. You didn't say boo to me about going to your mother's this weekend.你从没和我提起过这个周末要去你母亲家的事情。 (alsobe afraid to say boo); (also mainly UKnot say boo to a goose) to be very nervous and easily frightened: 非常胆小 She's actually a shy wallflower who wouldn't say boo to a goose. I like artists that make bold statements and challenge "good taste", rather than those who are afraid to say boo. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Not saying much a few well-chosen wordsidiom abruptly abruptness boo briefly cat concisely conciseness crisp gnomic incommunicative laconic laconically monosyllabic monosyllabically pithily quietly quietness taciturn well chosen
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not say boo idiom USinformal to say nothing: 什么也没说,一言未发 You didn't say boo to me about going to your mother's this weekend.你从没和我提起过这个周末要去你母亲家的事情。 USinformal (alsobe afraid to say boo); (UKnot say boo to a goose) to be very nervous and easily frightened非常胆小 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Not saying much a few well-chosen wordsidiom abruptly abruptness boo briefly cat concisely conciseness crisp gnomic incommunicative laconic laconically monosyllabic monosyllabically pithily quietly quietness taciturn well chosen
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Shy and modest Anxious and worried
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