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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 Д-375
ЗАЯЧЬЯ ДУША coll, disapprov NP fixed WO1. ( subj-compl with copula (subj: human, appos, or vocative) a cowardly, timid personyellowbellyscaredy-cat jellyfish chicken.Испуганно озираясь, за мной вышмыгнул доцент И-лев... Я утешил эту заячью душу, как мог (Битов 2). Senior Lecturer N., glancing fearfully over his shoulder, darted out after me....I comforted the yellowbelly as best I could (2a).2. - у когоVP subj. with copula) s.o. is cowardly, timid: у X-a заячья душа - X is as yellow as they come X is chicken-hearted (chicken-livered, lily-livered, yellow-bellied) X has no backbone. -
5 заячья душа
• ЗАЯЧЬЯ ДУША coll, disapprov[NP; fixed WO]=====1. [subj-compl with copula (subj: human), appos, or vocative]⇒ a cowardly, timid person:- yellowbelly;- scaredy-cat;- jellyfish;- chicken.♦ Испуганно озираясь, за мной вышмыгнул доцент И-лев... Я утешил эту заячью душу, как мог (Битов 2). Senior Lecturer N., glancing fearfully over his shoulder, darted out after me....I comforted the yellowbelly as best I could (2a).2. заячья душа у кого [VPsubj with copula]⇒ s.o. is cowardly, timid:- X is chicken-hearted <chic ken-livered, lily-livered, yellow-bellied>;- X has no backbone.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > заячья душа
См. также в других словарях:
yellow-livered — {adj.} Cowardly. * /The young boy greatly resented being called yellow livered and started to fight right away./ … Dictionary of American idioms
yellow-livered — {adj.} Cowardly. * /The young boy greatly resented being called yellow livered and started to fight right away./ … Dictionary of American idioms
yellow-livered — adj Cowardly. The young boy greatly resented being called yellow livered and started to fight right away … Словарь американских идиом
yellow — [adj1] cowardly chicken*, craven, deceitful, gutless, lily livered*, low, offensive, pusillanimous, sneaking, treacherous, tricky, unethical, unprincipled; concepts 267,401 Ant. bold, brave, confident yellow [n/adj2] sunny color amber, bisque,… … New thesaurus
yellow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fair, blond[e], flaxen, light haired (see color); Mongolian, Mongoloid; jaundiced; jealous, envious; informal, cowardly, craven, fearful, lily or white livered, afraid, unmanly, pusillanimous; lurid … English dictionary for students
yellow — Synonyms and related words: Amytal, Amytal pill, Barnumesque, Cassel yellow, Claude tint, Demerol, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Paris yellow, Seconal, Seconal pill, Tuinal, Tuinal pill, acid yellow … Moby Thesaurus
yellow-bellied — adjective easily frightened • Syn: ↑chicken, ↑chickenhearted, ↑lily livered, ↑white livered, ↑yellow • Similar to: ↑cowardly, ↑fearful … Useful english dictionary
yellow — adj 1. golden, gold, aureate, aurific, gilt; honey, xanthous, xanthic, butter, gambogian, quince yellow, zinc yellow, primrose; saffron, daffodil, topaz, banana, jonquil, cadmium yellow, canary yellow; lemon, citron, lutescent, luteous; tawny,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
yellow-bellied — /yel oh bel eed/, adj. 1. having a yellow abdomen or underside. 2. Slang. cowardly; lily livered. [1700 10] * * * … Universalium
yellow-bellied — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Slang. Ignobly lacking in courage: chicken hearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, fainthearted, lily livered, pusillanimous, unmanly. Slang: chicken, gutless, yellow. See FEAR … English dictionary for students
yellow-bellied — yel′low bel lied adj. 1) having a yellow abdomen or underside 2) sts Slang. cowardly; lily livered • Etymology: 1700–10 … From formal English to slang
