The idiomatic expression
"to be afraid of" means to have a fear or anxiety about something, often indicating an irrational or excessive concern.
Full definition
Why would you want to create a dog
who is afraid of people or other dogs and may bite them?
I think a lot of
people are afraid of variable because of the possibility of the payment changing if rates go up.
However, there were also students who
were afraid of getting things wrong, and actually avoided challenges so they could get everything right all of the time.
We'll also discuss what to do and what not to do should your
dog be afraid of something specific, such as the garbage truck going by or a motorcycle.
He may
be afraid of heights and fearful that he will slip; but the only prudent decision, to be made quickly, is to take that path.
Don't
be afraid of failure, I have failed so many times and now I study and invent new way of eating dessert!
You don't want to be the person that your
child is afraid of because he feels like he will never measure up.
Because I am not a person who
is afraid of going all crazy with my clothes, I definitely felt the need of having a flashy outfit like this one in my wardrobe.
A couples therapist helps each partner to talk about fears, such
as being afraid of being betrayed or never being trusted again.
Also, I've
always been afraid of making my own pie crust and this one was so easy, not to mention gluten and grain free!
Men are afraid of feelings because they think expressing them will make them more feminine (like a women) and therefore weaker and beneath them.
For the same reason never
be afraid of using suggested here treatments but always believe they are very effective and safe.
Nevertheless, many women
are afraid of wearing this footwear in their everyday lives, because of the ugly appearance.
If there were any REAL scientists, they wouldn't
be afraid of someone who disagreed, nor would they shut them out.
I think he might
be afraid of rejection if he did ask you on a date, and so he is kind of trying to avoid that embarrassment by making it seem hypothetical.
Parents many times
are afraid of giving their children anything other than bland foods, and that becomes the child's preference (other than sweet of course).
Don't
be afraid of eating fat, as trying to do both low - carb AND low - fat at the same time is a recipe for failure.
My working hypothesis is the marketers
are afraid of offending the public since everyone has responsibility for the solutions.
This DVD deals with common bedtime issues
like being afraid of the dark, not wanting to go to sleep and having scary thoughts in a positive way.
I tried to get a picture, but because our
cat is afraid of pretty much everything, he moved at the mere mention of me going to get my camera.
It is only normal to
be afraid of hurting your family's feelings and implying that they need to go to counseling can do that to some people.
Taking these dogs to a dog park is like taking someone who
is afraid of water and throwing him or her in the deep end of an Olympic pool.
Phrases with «to be afraid of»