shy : Idioms & Phrases

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shy away from

  • verb avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task
    • I shy away from this task
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shy person

  • noun someone who shrinks from familiarity with others
    shrinking violet.
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To fight shy

  • to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach.
Webster 1913

work-shy

  • adjective satellite disinclined to work or exertion
    lazy; slothful; indolent; faineant; otiose.
    • faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
    • an indolent hanger-on
    • too lazy to wash the dishes
    • shiftless idle youth
    • slothful employees
    • the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy
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