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cowardly lion

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

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

    • "This $13 billion mutual fund, which calls itself "classic growth investing, the Janus way," is in reality a cowardly lion." -Forbes
    • "California is right; we trust Washington state will follow in court. Earlier court decisions against the EPA's Cowardly Lion position on global warming suggest legal action may have good prospects." -Seattle Post Intelligencer

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA