Chicken gall

Chicken gall

The feather of Phoenix, the courage of chicken. It refers to being brave in appearance but timid in reality.

Idioms and allusions

[source] Chapter 32 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of the Ming Dynasty: "if you don't work hard with sheep's skin and tiger's skin, you can't do anything with chicken's gall."

Discrimination of words

Explanation of idiom: feather of Phoenix, courage of chicken. It refers to being brave in appearance but timid in reality. emotional color: derogatory words grammatical usage: as object and attribute; used in figurative sentences idiom structure: combined generation time: ancient times