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
Tybalt	-	Literature
Patrycja	paht-RITS-yah	Polish
Tarina	tahr-EEN-ə	English (Rare)
Iolanthe	ie-ə-LAN-thee (English)	Various
Clark	[kla:k]
Ilmari	EEL-mah-ree	Finnish