English Explanatory Dictionary

cowardly lion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who acts tough but misses a golden opportunity out of fear or cowardice.

Word forms

cowardly lion cowardly lions

Etymology

After a character in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).

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