afraid of his own shadow in English
cowardly, fearful, faint-hearted, timid
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1. As legend has it, Alexander broke the wild horse when no one else dared go near — not by force but by turning the horse's head toward the sun, understanding that Bucephalus was simply afraid of his own shadow