сыграть труса

• ТРУСА (ТРУСУ obs) ПРАЗДНОВАТЬ; ИГРАТЬ/СЫГРАТЬ ТРУСА all coll

[VP; subj: human]

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⇒ to experience (and sometimes show) fear, show cowardice, get nervous before undertaking sth. etc:

- X труса праздновал{{}}≈ X got scared;

- X got the jitters;

- X got (all) weak in the knees;

- [in refer, to showing fear] X was a chicken <a scaredy-cat>;

- [in refer, to fear before undertaking sth. only] X got cold feet.

     ♦ Праздновать труса у всех на виду? Никогда! (Аксёнов 12). "Be cowards in public? Never!" (12a).