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
Jasper	['dʒæspə]
Jeremias	ye-re-MEE-ahs (German), YE-re-mee-ahs (Finnish)	German, Portuguese, Finnish
Malkhaz	-	Georgian
Asbury	['æzbəri]
'Ester	-	Biblical Hebrew
Titilayo	-	Western African, Yoruba