亚洲网紅露点

Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

nervous Nellie

noun

Informal.
  1. a constantly nervous, worried, or timid person.


Discover More

亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of nervous Nellie1

First recorded in 1925鈥30
Discover More

Idioms and Phrases

An unduly timid or anxious person, as in He's a real nervous Nellie, calling the doctor about every little symptom . This term does not allude to a particular person named Nellie; rather, the name was probably chosen for the sake of alliteration. [ Colloquial ; c. 1920]
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Stephanie, the president鈥檚 Nervous Nellie secretary, undergoes a personality change after dipping into Bernadette鈥檚 bag of pills.

From

鈥淥ur entire staff is safe and although the restaurant sustained incredible damage the structure of the building is intact,鈥 the ownership of Nervous Nellie鈥檚, a seafood restaurant on the beach, said in a statement.

From

鈥淒on鈥檛 be such a nervous Nellie. I simply told him that you had never been to a picture show and that with everyone arriving tomorrow you wouldn鈥檛 have a chance for a good long bit. And isn鈥檛 that simply a tragedy?鈥

From

One of the people least surprised to see Aldrich鈥檚 demeanor was his best friend from college, Utah State Coach Ryan Odom, who calls him 鈥渁 nervous Nellie.鈥

From

Finally, for a moment, the nervous Nellie replaced anxiety with happiness.

From

Advertisement

Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


nervous exhaustionnervousness