weak-kneed
English
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editweak-kneed (comparative more weak-kneed, superlative most weak-kneed)
- (figuratively) Lacking will power or strength of character; timid.
- 1903, Jack London, chapter 5, in The People of the Abyss:
- It is incontrovertible that the children grow up into rotten adults, without virility or stamina, a weak-kneed, narrow-chested, listless breed, that crumples up and goes down in the brute struggle for life.
- (literally) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see weak, kneed.
Translations
editfiguratively: having weak knees
literally: having weak knees
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