scaredy-cat

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scared +‎ -y +‎ cat

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scaredy-cat (複數 scaredy-cats)

  1. 胆小鬼容易到的人
    • 1918, Florence Kiper Frank, “The Child and the Little Sister”, 出自 The Midland, 卷 4,頁號 61:
      I don't care — I wouldn't be such a scaredy-cat for anything.
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    • 1933, Dorothy Parker, The Waltz:
      Oh, yes, do let's dance together—it's so nice to meet a man who isn't a scaredy-cat about catching my beri-beri.
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