nervous-Nellie

短语

别名

nervous-nellie Nervous-Nellie nervous-nelly nervous-Nelly Nervous-Nelly

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Characterized by worry or anxiety; having a weak, insecure personality.

    非正式

    1993, David Ansen, "Goodbye, Mr. Gibson (film review of The Man Without a Face)," Newsweek,, 30 Aug, Woody Allen plays his most frazzled variation on the Woody we know best: a nervous-Nellie urban neurotic kvetching his way through life as a means of avoiding it.