chickenshit
boring or annoying details or unimportant tasks.
obsessed with petty details.
menial or petty.
cowardly or fainthearted.
Origin of chickenshit
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How to use chickenshit in a sentence
I stood frozen in the kitchen and strongly considered flight, but in a pulse of character development worthy of Elyse herself, I bested my chickenshit heart and hustled to pursue Molly Khan, who had exited not only the room but the house.
Other Idioms and Phrases with chickenshit
Contemptibly petty or insignificant. For example, He has spent his life making up chicken shit rules that nobody follows anyway. This expression gained currency during World War II, when it was often applied to the enforcement of petty and disagreeable military regulations. [Vulgar slang; c. 1930]
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