afraid of one's own shadow

Very timid and fearful, as in Richard constantly worries about security; he's afraid of his own shadow. This hyperbole has been used in English since the early 1500s, and some writers believe it originated in ancient Greece.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Govind	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada
Nabu-Kudurri-Usur	-	Ancient Near Eastern
Murad	-	Arabic, Urdu, Azerbaijani
Kristupas	-	Lithuanian
DervİŞ	-	Turkish
Diomedes	die-ə-MEE-deez (English)	Greek Mythology