🐔 Chicken
"Chicken-hearted"
Meaning
Too afraid to do something.
About the chicken
Chickens startle easily and are tied to eggs before they hatch, which is where idioms about fear and counting rewards too early come from.
Example sentence
He was chicken-hearted and refused to enter the dark room.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
Too afraid to do something.
More chicken idioms
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"Chicken feed"
A very small amount of money.
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"Chickens come home to roost"
Bad actions from the past cause problems later.
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"Count your chickens before they hatch"
To make plans based on success that has not happened yet.
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"Rule the roost"
To be in charge.
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"Henpecked"
Often criticized or controlled by a partner.
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"Don't count your chickens before they hatch"
Do not make plans based on success that has not happened yet.