lily-livered | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Cowardly, lackingcourage.c.1603–1606,William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene ii],page291, column 2:Ste[ward]. What doſt thou know me for? /Kent.[…][A]Lilly-liuered, action-taking knave,[…]one that would'ſt be aBaudin way of good ſeruice, and art nothing but the compoſition of a Knaue, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and the Sonne and Heire of aMungrillBitch,[…]1848November –1850December,William Makepeace Thackeray,The History of Pendennis.[…], volume(please specify |volume=I or II), London:Bradbury and Evans,[…], published1849–1850,→OCLC:But as for thatlily-liveredsneak—that poor lyin' swindlin' cringin' cur of a Clavering—who stands in my shoes—stands in my shoes, hang him!2016,Pokémon Sun and Moon, Hapu to Lillie:Ho! Then you do your best, Lillie. No one could call youlily-livered!

Examples:

EN: I'm after that bunch of lily-livered, pockmarked peanut politicians who think they're running this town, and Hildy Johnson's the only man on the staff I can trust tonight.
ES: Estoy tras esa pandilla de cobardes, políticos corruptos... que creen que dirigen esta ciudad, y Hildy Johnson es el único del equipo... - en quién puedo confiar esta noche.
EN: That's lily-livered guys like you.
ES: Los gallinas, como Uds.
EN: We're not yet such lily-livered scum as to be afraid of Col. Bishop.
ES: No somos tan cobardes como para temerle al Cnel. Bishop.
EN: Curse you for a lily-livered witch!
ES: ¡Maldita seas bruja cobarde!
EN: If those judges are too lily-livered to hang a traitor, we can do it ourselves.
ES: Si esos jueces son demasiado cobardes como para colgar... a un traidor, nosotros lo haremos. ¡Sí!
EN: Oh, it's no use being lily-livered.
ES: No sirve de nada ser un cobarde.
EN: Sink me if you ain't a fine pack of lily-livered muddleheads. To let one man so befuddle you!
ES: ¡Que me muera ahogado si no sois más que un hatajo de cobardes cabezahuecas... ..que dejáis que un solo hombre os engañe!
EN: You're a bunch of lily-livered, chicken-hearted lickspittles.
ES: Sois un hatajo de gallinas. ¡Miedicas!
EN: Well, I never thought I'd see a son of mine mooning over a girl like a lily-livered poet.
ES: Nunca pensé que vería a mi hijo llorando por una chica...
EN: Giving him money and asking him to leave - such lily-livered nonsense is out of the question.
ES: Sobornarlo para alejarlo de aquí no se me pasó por la cabeza.
EN: All right, you lily-livered goldbrick!
ES: Muy bien, ¡vago pusilánime!
EN: Ye lily-livered rogue!
ES: Lily Ye-manda el pícaro!
EN: "Shame, you are a lily-livered coward.
ES: "Shame, eres un cobarde de poca monta.
EN: The lily-livered chickens!
ES: ¡Los gallinas cobardes!
EN: Thou lily-livered boy.
ES: Jovenzuelo de hígado de lirio.

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