Question of the Day #737

Put away your scaredy-cat shirt, and take in frights and sights of the Halloween season.

From the 1st paragraph of this article at the Journal Inquirer.

上記の文で、scaredy-catの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "scaredy-cat" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈話〉意気地なし、弱虫、臆病者

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

an unduly fearful person

Examples

• Come on, scaredy-cat - it won't bite you!
• So he is not a scaredy-cat. Times, Sunday Times (2018)
• I watch from my scaredy-cat corner. Times, Sunday Times (2015)
• Secondly, the closer I reach 40, the more “scaredy-cat” I become.
• This is not a book for wimps, and if you are a scaredy-cat, it will teach you how to grow claws.

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