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1 трусливый
1) General subject: base spirited, base-spirited, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken hearted, chicken liver heart, chicken-hearted, chicken-liver, coward, cowardly, craven, currish, dastardly, faint-hearted, hen hearted, hen-hearted, lily livered, milk livered, milk-livered, narrow spirited, narrow-spirited, nerveless, niddering, pigeon hearted, pigeon-hearted, pluckless, poltroon, poor spirited, poor-spirited, pusilanimous, rabbit hearted, rabbit-hearted, recreant, sneaking, sneaky, unheroic, unmanlike, unmanly, weak hearted, weak-hearted, white livered, white-livered, yellow bellied, yellow livered, poltroonish, fainthearted2) Colloquial: funky, yellow, yellow-livered3) Literal: struthious4) Bookish: pusillanimous5) Rare: invalorous, lily-livered6) Australian slang: piss-weak, weak as piss7) Jargon: chicken livered, shiftiey-eyed, shifty-eyed, windy, yellow-bellied, fink8) Taboo: candyass, chicken, chicken-shit, half-assed, pucker-assed, sneak tip -
2 малодушный
1) General subject: chicken heart, chicken hearted, chicken liver heart, chicken livered, chicken-hearted, chicken-liver, chicken-livered, coward, cowardly, craven, currish, faint-hearted, fainthearted, half-hearted, hen hearted, hen-hearted, marrowless, narrow spirited, narrow-spirited, nerveless, poltroonish, poor spirited, poor-spirited, pusilanimous, pusillanimous, recreant, unheroic, unmanlike, unmanly, weak hearted, weak kneed, weak minded, weak spirited, weak-hearted, weak-kneed, weak-minded, weak-spirited, white livered, white-livered, yellow livered, caitiff2) Colloquial: yellow-livered3) Rare: invalorous4) Jargon: yellow-bellied5) Makarov: weak as water6) Archaic: heartless -
3 трусливый
cowardly имя прилагательное:cowardly (трусливый, малодушный)craven (трусливый, малодушный)hen-hearted (трусливый, малодушный)white-livered (трусливый, малодушный)pigeon-hearted (трусливый, робкий) -
4 дохлый
1) General subject: dead, dead as a nit, white livered2) Rare: white-livered -
5 хилый
1) General subject: crocky, cronk, etiolated, feeble, frail, powder puff, puny, ramshackle, sickly, spindly, valetudinarian, valetudinary, washy, weak, weakly, weedy, white livered, wisht, wonky2) Medicine: ailing3) Colloquial: wishy-washy4) Dialect: cranky5) Ironical: powder-puff6) Obsolete: puisne7) Rare: white-livered8) Australian slang: wet9) Makarov: emaciate, infirm, unthrifty, weak as water, weedy (о животном), weedy (о человеке, животном) -
6 малодушный
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7 труса праздновать
разг., шутл.play the coward; cf. be in a pretty funk; show the white feather; get (have) cold feet; turn white-livered; cry craven- Третью кампанию плавает [пёс]. С первого раза он тоже порядочно труса праздновал. Бывало в бурю как завоет благим матом! (А. Новиков-Прибой, Рассказ боцманмата) — 'This is the third time we're cruising together. He was in a pretty funk, too, at first. In thick weather he'd howl like a hog in a high wind.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > труса праздновать
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8 слаб в коленках
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White-livered — White liv ered, a. Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly. Syn: lily livered. [1913 Webster] They must not be milksops, nor white livered knights. Latimer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
white-livered — [hwīt′liv΄ərd, wīt′liv΄ərd] adj. cowardly; craven … English World dictionary
white-livered — adjective Etymology: from the former belief that the choleric temperament depends on the body s producing large quantities of yellow bile Date: 1549 pusillanimous, lily livered … New Collegiate Dictionary
white-livered — /hwuyt liv euhrd, wuyt /, adj. 1. lacking courage; cowardly; lily livered. 2. lacking in vitality or spirit; pale; unhealthy. [1540 50] * * * … Universalium
white-livered — adjective easily frightened • Syn: ↑chicken, ↑chickenhearted, ↑lily livered, ↑yellow, ↑yellow bellied • Similar to: ↑cowardly, ↑fearful … Useful english dictionary
white-livered — /waɪt ˈlɪvəd/ (say wuyt livuhd) adjective 1. pale or unhealthy. 2. cowardly …
-livered — combining form Eg white livered or lily livered (literally, having a pallid, blood starved liver), cowardly • • • Main Entry: ↑liver * * * livered, combining form. 1. having a liver or livers: »Fat livered codfish = codfish that have fat livers.… … Useful english dictionary
Livered — Liv ered (l[i^]v [ e]rd), a. Having (such) a liver; used in composition; as, white livered. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
white-liv|ered — «HWYT LIHV uhrd», adjective. 1. cowardly. SYNONYM(S): lily livered. 2. pale; unhealthy looking; wan … Useful english dictionary
lily-livered — adjective easily frightened • Syn: ↑chicken, ↑chickenhearted, ↑white livered, ↑yellow, ↑yellow bellied • Similar to: ↑cowardly, ↑fearful … Useful english dictionary
Lily-livered — Lil y liv ered (l[i^]l [y^] l[i^]v [ e]rd), a. White livered; cowardly. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English