afraid of own shadow

afraid of one's own shadow

Fig. easily frightened; always frightened, timid, or suspicious. (An exaggeration.) After Tom was robbed, he was even afraid of his own shadow.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rica	-	English (Rare)
Berna	-	Turkish
Ville	VEEL-le (Finnish)	Finnish, Swedish
Kemp	KEMP	English (Rare)
Braam	BRAHM	Dutch, Limburgish
Allegra	ə-LEG-rə (English), ahl-LE-grah (Italian)	English (Rare), Italian (Rare)