nervous nellie

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A person whose personality and usual behavior are characterized by worry, insecurity, and timidity

The captain is a nervous Nellie who can't make a decision without the approval of his protective aide-de-camp.

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Characterized by worry or anxiety; having a weak, insecure personality

Woody Allen plays his most frazzled variation on the Woody we know best: a nervous-Nellie urban neurotic kvetching his way through life as a means of avoiding it.

nervous nellie
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