"Be afraid of one's own shadow" nghĩa là gì?

A girl and her shadow. Photo courtesy Pedro Ribeiro Simões.

'Be afraid of one's own shadow' nghĩa là nhát gan, sợ bóng sợ gió (very timid and fearful).

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In the War on Terror, the West is afraid of her own shadow.

She was a sensitive child, to put it mildly—the kind of kid who was afraid of her own shadow.

Merle, a previous member of the group, once remarked on how drastically Carol had changed, stating that she used to be like a mouse, afraid of her own shadow.

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