| 释义 |
show the white featherBritish dated Behave in a cowardly fashion: he showed the white feather and ordered a general retreat...- Donegal's tails were up following the success of their footballers, but Mayo, according to all reports, had no intention of showing the white feather and stood up to all Donegal could unleash in seven minutes added on.
- Therefore, we shall have nobody but ourselves to blame if our children show the white feather or lack of confidence in whatever they seek to accomplish.
- To ‘show the white feather’ was therefore to be ‘unmanly’.
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