Little Miss Muffet

Curds-and-whey eater

Little Miss Muffet is a character from a nursery rhyme who sits eating curds and whey until a spider frightens her away.

The name evokes someone timid or easily scared: Don't be such a Little Miss Muffet—it's just a bug.

Related

whey · frightened · nursery · rhyme · Mother Goose · fairy tale · sat · eating · bowl · spoon · beside · came along · scurried · legs · web · bonnet · cottage · porridge

Opposites
courage with frightening creatures

Little Miss MuffetSpider-Man

Arachnid-themed masked hero

Saint George · Beowulf · Hercules · dragon slayer · Steve Irwin

relationship with spiders

Little Miss MuffetSpider-Man

Arachnid-themed masked hero

Charlotte · Anansi · Spider-Woman · Peter Parker · Arachne

nursery rhyme character disposition

Little Miss MuffetLittle Jack Horner

Tom Thumb · Old King Cole · Peter Rabbit

Family

little, littler, littlest, miss, misses, missed, missing, muffin, muffins

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G