chicken-liver
Pâté's main ingredient
Chicken-liver describes someone timid or cowardly—a chicken-livered person lacks nerve or courage.
The compound draws on the old belief that the liver was the seat of courage, and that a coward's liver was bloodless or white.
Don't be so chicken-livered—just ask her out.
The hyphenated form usually modifies a noun: a chicken-liver approach to investing.
Seasoned meat paste
- mousseAiry whipped preparation
- sautéedCooked quickly in fat
- schmaltzPoultry fat or sentimentality
- onionsPungent layered cooking bulbs
sherry · cognac · iron-rich · offal · giblets · terrine · spread · parfait
pâté
Seasoned meat paste
onions · sherry · cognac · iron-rich · offal · giblets · terrine · spread · parfait · foie gras
coward
Person lacking bravery
weak · gutless · yellow · scared · nervous · faint-hearted · lily-livered · wimpy · craven · pusillanimous
protein
Folded amino chain
fresh · frozen · trimmed · cleaned · deveined · soaked · seasoned · marinated · dredged · kosher
chicken-liverdaredevil
Reckless risk-taker
brave soul · hero · tough guy · risk-taker · warrior
chicken-liverchicken breast
Fowl's pectoral meat
chicken thigh · chicken wing · chicken drumstick · chicken gizzard · chicken heart
chicken-liverchicken breast
Fowl's pectoral meat
breast meat · white meat · chicken thigh · drumstick · wing