Adders are not usually aggressive, tending to be rather timid and biting only when cornered or alarmed.
As in other countries, German criticism of the Macedonian mission has been two-sided -- first that it is too timid and brief, providing only a symbolic Band-Aid for the bigger problem of an injured society that cannot be healed in 30 days; and second, that the situation might be dangerous for NATO soldiers, who could be drawn into a longer stay.
He once seemed bold in style and speechmaking, but only timid and incremental in policymaking.
As far as I'm concerned, however, the evening's top honors went to countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo who, as the timid and lovesick Armindo, not only sang magnificently but handled his tap dancing chores and pratfalls as if he had been born to physical comedy (not something one can say about most opera singers).
It believes that to be nuanced or thoughtful is to be timid, and that the truth is only reached by trampling recklessly over all that is sensitive.
Our job is not to answer to the timid; we only need to answer to the dreams that dance through our hearts and minds.
Altman, as he nursed a negroni after dinner, had his own warning for the timid: "Democracy only works in a growing economy.
You cannot allow O'Reilly to dismiss the facts of your own career as 'opinion!!'" But McClellan, way too timid, offers only a modicum of objection to O'Reilly's absurdity.
He appeared timid and missed all seven of his shots, while attempting only three 3-pointers.
This not only makes you look stupid and timid and uncertain, it also dampens your target and aim of knockout: the opponents head.
