scaredy-cat

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詞源[編輯]

scared +‎ -y +‎ cat

名詞[編輯]

scaredy-cat (複數 scaredy-cats)

  1. 膽小鬼容易到的人
    • 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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