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gutless wonder

noun

Etymology

The idea is that the addressee's figurative gutlessness (cowardice) has been carried over into physical gutlessness (disembowelment), and that his bowel-less survival is a wonder.

Definitions

  1. One who lacks guts or courage

    One who lacks guts or courage; a coward.

    • What in the hell was wrong with him, anyway. Just a gutless wonder - nothing more or less.
    • Yer can't even fight unless you've got a knife or picket or broken bottle, yer gutless wonder.

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