Lily-livered

Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 4
Meaning

Cowardly or fearful

हिंदी अर्थ

कायर या डरपोक

Example sentences

Only a lily-livered officer would run away from his duty.

Radhika is anything but lily-livered; she spoke up firmly against the cheating.

Daily use: Itna lily-livered mat bano, stage par jaake bolo, Radhika bhi pehli baar dari thi.

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Memory trick · Prashant Sir

Lily + livered। Lily सफ़ेद और नाज़ुक होती है। जिसका liver lily जैसा सफ़ेद और कमज़ोर हो, उसमें दम ही नहीं; वह डरपोक है, coward।

Split it: lily + livered. A lily is white and delicate, and a liver that is white and weak has no strength in it. A person with a lily liver is a coward, someone easily frightened.

Exam note

Answer 'cowardly' है; chicken-hearted, timid और craven synonym options हैं, जबकि brave, valiant और intrepid antonyms हैं।

The answer is 'cowardly'; chicken-hearted, timid and craven are synonym options, while brave, valiant and intrepid are antonyms.

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