cowardly lion

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who acts tough but misses a golden opportunity out of fear or cowardice. figuratively
    — "This $13 billion mutual fund, which calls itself "classic growth investing, the Janus way," is in reality a cowardly lion." -Forbes

词形变化

cowardly lions plural

词源

After a character in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).
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