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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.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
ŽAn | | - | Slovene |
Kym | | KIM | English (Rare) |
Viktorija | | - | Lithuanian, Latvian, Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian |
Rosanne | | ro-ZAN (English), ro-ZAHN-nə (Dutch) | English, Dutch |
Arbuthnot | | [a:'bʌθnət] | |
Epiphanius | | - | Ancient Greek (Latinized) |