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| Colorful English! | ||||
| Word or Phrase: | Part of Speech: | Idiom or General?: | Usage? | Restricted? |
| shrinking violet | noun | 1: old idiom now general | moderately common | No |
| Meaning: | ||||
| 1) a bashful or shy person. | ||||
| Example(s): | ||||
| 1) He was such a shrinking violet in high school, he couldn't ask a girl out on a date. | ||||
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