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IDIOMSLANG FEAR afraid of one's own shadow easily frightened; always frightened, timid, or suspicious.After Tom was robbed, he was even afraid of his own shadow.Jane has always been a shy child. She has been afraid of her own shadow since she was three. in fear and trembling with anxiety or fear; with dread. (Fixed order.)In fear and trembling, I went into the room to take the test.The witness left the courtroom in fear and trembling. shake in one's boots and quake in one's boots to be afraid; to shake from fear.I was shaking in my boots because I had to go see the manager.Stop quaking in your boots, Bob. I'm not going to fire you. See also FRIGHT. cold feet n. a wave of timidity or fearfulness.Suddenly I had cold feet and couldn't sing a note.You sort of expect a candy-ass like that to have cold feet. creepy mod. eerie; frightening.I have this creepy feeling that someone is just this very moment reading something that I wrote.This is the creepiest old house I have ever been in. fraidy cat n. a coward; a person who is frightened of everything. (Used in children's taunts.)Don't be a fraidy cat. Go ahead, jump!Carl is such a fraidy cat. I'm shaking (in fear). sent. “You don't really frighten me at all.” (A mocking response to a threat.)Oh, what you said! I'm shaking. Not!Your threats really scare me. I'm shaking in fear. in a cold sweat mod. in a state of fear.He stood there in a cold sweat, waiting for something to happen.I was in a cold sweat while they counted the ballots.
fear 1. noun ► put the fear of God intoto terrify UK, 1905 2. in twelve-step recovery programmes such as Alcoholics Anonymous, used as an acronym for an addict's choices – fuck everything and run, or face everything and recover US, 1998
idiomfearput the fear of God into sbfrightened to make someone feel frightened of doing something wrong by making them realize the bad things that could happen if they do:Inez is the kind of grandmother who is always threatening to put the fear of God into you.Right now, people are dumping their trash anywhere, but I think knowing that cameras were filming them would put the fear of God into them. phrasefear[feared, feared, fearing]
fear for
fear for sth/sb if you fear for something or someone, you feel worried that they many be in danger: Calaway assured him that he has no reason to fear for his job.fear for sb's life/safety Fearing for his life, Williams left the country. Witnesses feared for their safety and refused to give reporters their true names.
See:- (there's) no fear of (something)
- be in fear of (one's) life
- be/go in fear of your life
- blanch with (an emotion)
- fear for
- fear for (someone or something)
- fear no colors
- fear of missing out
- fear the worst
- Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
- for fear of
- for fear of (something)
- for fear of something/of doing something
- for fear that (something)
- go in fear of (one's) life
- he that is down need fear no fall
- I’m shaking in fear
- I'm shaking (in fear)
- in fear and trembling
- in fear and trembling of (someone or something)
- never fear
- No fear!
- put the fear of God in
- put the fear of God in (one)
- put the fear of God in someone
- put the fear of God into
- put the fear of God into (one)
- put the fear of God into somebody
- put the fear of God into someone
- strike fear into (one)
- strike fear into (one's) heart
- strike fear, terror, etc. into somebody/somebody's heart
- there's no fear of something
- without fear or favor
- without fear or favour
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