B2🐺 Animals
Avere il sangue di gallina
To be cowardly and timid
Literal Translation
"To have hen's blood"
What it means
To be cowardly and timid
Example in context
"Non si è difeso nemmeno: ha proprio il sangue di gallina."
"He didn't even defend himself — he really has no backbone."
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