EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Cowardly, weak-kneed...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ma-HI-na ang TU-hod/
FIL: Isang idyomatikong pahayag na nangangahulugang duwag, madaling sumuko, o walang lakas ng loob na harapin ang isang pagsubok.
EN: Cowardly, weak-kneed
This isn't about literally having bad knees from aging. Ito yung taong aatras sa challenge. Yung ka-team mo sa group project na unang-unang magsasabing "Hindi ko kaya 'yan" bago pa man subukan. Or yung torpe na friend mo na ilang taon nang may gusto kay crush pero hanggang tingin lang. In short, 'di palaban.
Literally "weak in the knee," a common expression for fear or lack of resolve.
An idiomatic expression used to describe a person's character, not a physical ailment.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang maging mahina ang tuhod; harapin mo ang iyong mga problema.
🇺🇸 Don't be weak-kneed; face your problems.
🇵🇭 Akala ko matapang siya, pero mahina pala ang tuhod nang kausapin na siya ng aming boss.
🇺🇸 I thought he was brave, but he turned out to be cowardly when our boss talked to him.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.