Talk:fear

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Spanish

Noun

 1. miedo m(fear of oranges--miedo a las narangas), temor m(for fear of--por temor a), aprensión f
 2. riesgo m (There is no fear of rain today--no hay riesgo de llueva hoy)

Verb

1. Tener miedo
2. Temer

References

  1. ^ worry
  2. ^ risk
  3. ^ to have fright; to have concern or worry

Fear is a bad advisor

You have the saying 'fear is a bad advisor'. I was wondering if there's more information about this saying, like who said this first? etc? Timboliu (talk) 06:53, 24 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Sounds like a translation of an old Dutch saying: "Angst is een slechte raadgever". 2001:980:53D4:1:954:1E0:772:2EE6 15:00, 17 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

The Fear

There's also "The Fear", which Urban Dictionary (for once) manages to define quite well . Equinox 15:34, 17 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

Spenserian usage, = fere

Also used by Edmund Spenser (and nobody else?) as an alt form of fere, a companion. Equinox 18:07, 24 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

fear of heights

Isn't fear of heights idiomatic (enough)? --Backinstadiums (talk) 12:12, 12 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

No, you can have a fear of anything. Equinox 13:49, 12 November 2019 (UTC)Reply