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Meanings of shrink violets in anglès

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Usage of shrink violets in anglès
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Don't slink off to whimper and simper with the campus shrinking violets.
Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
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The rough-and-tumble aspect of playing with colour is not for shrinking violets.
Independent.ie
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Standing 6ft tall these silver finish speakers are not for shrinking violets.
The Irish Times
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Neither Triggs nor McCarthy are known as shrinking violets.
The Irish Times
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Newsrooms will never be a place for shrinking violets.
The Guardian
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Journalists will never be shrinking violets and papers will never be owned by angels, he says.
The Guardian
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We women are scientists, not shrinking violets.
Masters of Space
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There's no room for shrinking violets: coach them into accepting that self-promotion is not a dirty word.
The Guardian
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We need more brains and balls like this in politics instead of shrinking violets and shrieking snowflakes.
News.com.au
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IT seems our normally vocal economists have made a belated about-turn and become a bunch of shrinking violets.
The Irish Times
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We know hyena society is aggressive, and it's easy to imagine that aggressive females do better than shrinking violets.
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
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Although you still wouldn't ever describe them as shrinking violets, there is much more subtlety to the wines now.
The Irish Times
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They (the judges) are not shrinking violets.
Reuters
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Few champions are shrinking violets.
The Guardian
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You don't win a league if you are shrinking violets. The Fiver: sign up and get our daily football email.
The Guardian
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Jess and Lisa, from Brisbane, are beloved Aussie icons, and international chart sensations -and this is not because they're shrinking violets.
News.com.au