ノミの心しん臓ぞう

expression, noun

timidity; cowardice; courage of a flea

Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'a flea's heart', used to describe someone who is very timid or cowardly.

• 彼かれはノミの心しん臓ぞうだから、高たかいところには絶ぜっ対たいに行いかない。

  He's so timid he would never go to high places.

• ノミの心しん臓ぞうの私わたしには、ホラー映えい画がは無む理りだ。

  With my cowardly nature, horror movies are impossible for me.