| 单词 | a bully is always a coward |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa bully is always a coward Proverb. a bully is always a coward (and variants): expressing that people who habitually seeks to harm, coerce, or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable (see sense 3a) will invariably back down if their victims show the least resistance or opposition. ΚΠ 1699 Country Gentleman's Vade-mecum xvi. 120 I need not tell you, that a Bully's a Coward; the two Names are too Convertible, to want an Explication. 1758 Moral & Crit. Refl. 141 Those who make the most pompous Promises, are the most unwilling to perform them.—A Bully is always a Coward. 1853 T. C. Haliburton Sam Slick's Wise Saws I. v. 105 A brave man is sometimes a desperado. A bully is always a coward. 1950 E. Blyton Mr Pink-Whistle Interferes xii. 150 ‘A couple of bullies!’ said Mr Pink-Whistle. ‘Well, well—bullies are always cowards.’ 1969 D. Wright Deafness (1990) iv. 41 He was no chickenheart (the superstition that bullies are cowards doesn't bear looking at). 2021 @MarkHPearson 17 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 24 Nov. 2021) Bullies are always cowards stand up to them and watch them scuttle. < as lemmas |
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