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
Eleutherios	-	Late Greek
Charla	SHAHR-lə	English
Samed	-	Turkish
Ashenden	['æʃndən]
Valery	vah-LYE-ree	Russian
Olivier	o-lee-VYE (French), O-lee-veer (Dutch)	French, Dutch