afraid of (one's) own shadow

Easily scared; jumpy; timid. Everyone was surprised that Janice led the meeting with confidence, as she normally seems afraid of her own shadow. Please don't take my sister to a haunted house on Halloween—she's afraid of her own shadow.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Evonne	-	English
Urbano	oor-BAH-no	Italian, Spanish
Dragomir	-	Serbian, Croatian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Nerio	-	Italian
Ashlie	ASH-lee	English (Modern)
Gennadiya	gye-NAH-dee-yah, gee-NAH-dee-yah	Russian