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1 lit. it is not an official to be feared, but a person in direct control over sb (proverb)

2 fig. to be obliged to comply with people in authority

1 lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom)

2 fig. to be full of needless fears

3 reds under the beds

1 lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter)

2 fig. fame has its price

1 lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)

2 fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison

1 lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter)

2 fig. fame has its price

1 it's better to make slow progress than no progress at all (proverb)

1 bring it on!

2 who's afraid?

3 who cares?

1 to feel apprehensive

2 to be alarmed

1 better to be safe than sorry (proverb)

2 to be prepared just in case

1 greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly

2 clinging abjectly to life

3 only interested in saving one's neck

1 lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too

2 an evil person fears someone even more evil (idiom)

1 lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)

2 fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison

1 men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)

1 the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten

2 the good things in life are worth waiting for

1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)

1 fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom)

2 fearless

1 lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)

2 fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power

1 True gold fears no fire. (idiom)