No Shrinking Violet

What the English consider a shrinking violet, Germans know as a Mimose. Figuratively speaking.

For FOTD and Floral Friday

6 thoughts on “No Shrinking Violet

    1. I meant figuratively. If you call someone a shrinking violet in English, you’d call someone in German “Er ist so eine Mimose.” (Yes, I was thinking around several corners on this one.)

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