Chicken-hearted
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 9Meaning
Someone who lacks courage and is easily frightened
हिंदी अर्थ
डरपोक व्यक्ति
Example sentences
Radhika is far from chicken-hearted; she spoke up when no one else would.
He was too chicken-hearted to ask a single question in class.
Daily use: Radhika chicken hearted nahi hai, usne sabke saamne sach bol diya.
Memory trick · Prashant Sir
ज़रा-सी आहट पर मुर्गी फड़फड़ाकर भाग जाती है। Chicken hearted यानी जिसका दिल मुर्गी जैसा हो — डरपोक, जल्दी घबराने वाला।
A chicken flaps and runs away at the slightest noise. A chicken-hearted person has the heart of a chicken: timid and easily frightened.
Exam note
SSC में answer coward या timid होता है; lion-hearted, brave या valiant इसका opposite trap है।
SSC's answer is 'coward' or 'timid'; 'lion-hearted', 'brave' or 'valiant' is the opposite trap.