Spanish idioms
What does “Ser un gallina” mean?
Ser un gallina
Word for word
To be a hen
What it really means
To be a coward, to lack the nerve to face something. Note the false friend: in Spanish it carries none of the other senses «hen» has elsewhere.
How we say it in English
To be a chicken
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