as timid as a mouse

as timid as a mouse

Timid as a mouse, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ǎ nxi ǎ or ú x ī, meaning timid as a mouse. I'm very timid. It comes from the book of Wei, biography of Ruyin king.

The origin of Idioms

"Wei Shu · Ruyin Wang Tianci Zhuan": "words with a hundred tongues, courage like mice."

Idiom usage

The Central Committee is afraid of the prelude to the harp. It's as timid as a mouse. In fact, it's harmless. Letters to Zhao Jiabi by Lu Xun

Discrimination of words

Synonyms: as timid as a mouse, as timid as a bean