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
Isabella	ee-zah-BEL-lah (Italian), iz-ə-BEL-ə (English)	Italian, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Romanian
Fawn	FAWN	English
Rudolf	ROO-dawlf (German), RUW-dawlf (Polish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Russian, Arm
Tamir	-	Hebrew
Simen	-	Norwegian
Mildred	['mildrid]