Faint heart never won fair lady



Faint heart never won fair lady.

Prov. A timid suitor never won his lady. (Used to encourage boys or men to be bold in courting women.) Bill: I'd really like to go out with Alice, but what if she says no? Alan: You won't know till you ask her. Faint heart never won fair lady. Don't be so shy about talking to Edith. Faint heart never won fair lady.
See also: faint, fair, heart, lady, never, won

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ŽAn-Slovene
KymKIMEnglish (Rare)
Viktorija-Lithuanian, Latvian, Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Rosannero-ZAN (English), ro-ZAHN-nə (Dutch)English, Dutch
Arbuthnot[a:'bʌθnət]
Epiphanius-Ancient Greek (Latinized)