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Gutless wonder

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who lacks guts or courage; a coward. derogatory, idiomatic, slang

    "What in the hell was wrong with him, anyway. Just a gutless wonder - nothing more or less."

Etymology

The idea is that the addressee's figurative gutlessness (cowardice) has been carried over into physical gutlessness (disembowelment), and that his bowel-less survival is a wonder.

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