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You're not going to chicken out, are you?
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Kim put my name down for a sponsored parachute jump but I chickened out at the last moment.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
chicken out (of of doing something) — ˌchicken ˈout (of sth/of doing sth) derived (informal) to decide not to do sth because you are afraid • You re not going to chicken out, are you? • Kim put my name down for a sponsored parachute jump but I chickened out at the last moment.… … Useful english dictionary
chicken out — {v. phr.}, {informal} To stop doing something because of fear; to decide not to do something after all even though previously having decided to try it. * /I used to ride a motorcycle on the highway, but I ve chickened out./ * /I decided to take… … Dictionary of American idioms
chicken out — {v. phr.}, {informal} To stop doing something because of fear; to decide not to do something after all even though previously having decided to try it. * /I used to ride a motorcycle on the highway, but I ve chickened out./ * /I decided to take… … Dictionary of American idioms
chicken\ out — v. phr. informal To stop doing something because of fear; to decide not to do something after all even though previously having decided to try it. I used to ride a motorcycle on the highway, but I ve chickened out. I decided to take flying… … Словарь американских идиом
chicken out — stop doing something because of fear He chickened out of jumping into the lake from the high diving board … Idioms and examples
chicken — chick|en1 [ tʃıkən ] noun ** 1. ) count a bird kept for its eggs and meat. The sound it makes is called clucking. The female chicken is called a hen and the male is called a rooster. A baby chicken is called a chick. a ) uncount the meat of a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
chicken — chick|en1 S2 [ˈtʃıkın] n [: Old English; Origin: cicen young chicken ] 1.) a common farm bird that is kept for its meat and eggs →↑hen, cock ↑cock, rooster ↑rooster, chick ↑chick 2.) [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
chicken — 1 noun 1 BIRD (C) a common farm bird that is kept for its meat and eggs: He keeps chickens on his farm. see also: hen, cock 1 (1), rooster 2 MEAT (U) the meat from this bird eaten as food: roast chicken | fried chicken | chicken soup 3 SB WHO IS… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
chicken — I UK [ˈtʃɪkɪn] / US [ˈtʃɪkən] noun Word forms chicken : singular chicken plural chickens ** 1) a) [countable] a bird kept for its eggs and meat. The sound it makes is called clucking. The female chicken is called a hen and the male is called a… … English dictionary
chicken — /chik euhn/, n. 1. a domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus, descended from various jungle fowl of southeastern Asia and developed in a number of breeds for its flesh, eggs, and feathers. 2. the young of this bird, esp. when less than a year old. 3.… … Universalium
