fight shy of (third-person singular simple present fights shy of, present participle fighting shy of, simple past and past participle fought shy of) (idiomatic)...
fight shy (third-person singular simple present fights shy, present participle fighting shy, simple past and past participle fought shy) To avoid meeting...
cat-shy cover-shy crate shy of a load few cards shy of a full deck fight shy fight shy of girl-shy gunshy gun-shy hand-shy head-shy hood-shy look shy love-shy...
corner fight one's guts out fight out fight shy of fight the good fight fight the tape fight the tiger fight tooth and nail fight to the death fight to the...
(“to rescue”) + -st. forðast to avoid something, to fight shy of something, to steer clear of something, to shun something [with accusative] Fjárfestar...
character, humour, temper, mood time, the right moment to wañci scared of fighting timid, shy cowardly awañci kasowañcin bañcana wañcana Javanese: ꦮꦚ꧀ꦕꦶ (wanci)...
explain the initial, combined with the roots of ὄθομαι (óthomai, “to show consideration for others, fight shy of”), only used in connection with a negative...
(intransitive, regional) to shy (of an animal) [auxiliary avere] Synonym: imbizzarrirsi (intransitive, rare) to suspect Conjugation of paventàre (-are) (See...
(reflexive with się, obsolete) to avoid, to fight shy of Synonym: wystrzegać się (reflexive with się, Żywiec) Synonym of pilnować się adjective warowny noun...
Dragon, an 1898 children's story by Kenneth Grahame about a shy dragon with no desire to fight people, adapted into a Walt Disney animated film in 1941....