| 词汇 | wouldn't say boo to a goose |
| 释义 | Idiom wouldn't say boo to a goose British, informal, American, informal, Australian, informal if someone wouldn't say boo to a goose, they are shy and nervous.She wouldn't say boo to a goose, so I don't think she's cut out for a career in the police.I remember her as a quiet little girl who wouldn't say boo. wouldn't say boo to a gooseIs particularly shy, nervous, or diffident. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. My brother is a very sweet, warm-hearted man who wouldn't say boo to a goose. How can you suspect that he committed this crime? wouldn't say boo to a gooseBRITISH, INFORMALIf you say that someone wouldn't say boo to a goose, you mean that they are very quiet, shy, and nervous. `If you remember, at college I wouldn't say boo to a goose.' — `That's right, you were very quiet.' She recalled a shy, overweight girl who wouldn't say boo to a goose wouldn't say boo to a goose(of a person) very shy or reticent. 1948 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Dynamite She looks on you as a…poor, spineless sheep who can't say boo to a goose. he, she, etc. wouldn’t say ˌboo to a ˈgoose(informal) somebody is very shy and afraid of upsetting or annoying people: How could he ever succeed in politics? He wouldn’t say boo to a goose.People shout Boo! when they want to surprise or frighten somebody. |
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