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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Lack the spine

Hello,

could you, please, explain to me what it means "lack the spine":

"I lacked the spine to ask her that question."

Thank you for your answers
  

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Hi, I didn't have the courage to ask . . A more common term than 'spine' in this idiom is 'I didn't have the backbone to ask .

— Clive

  • Hi, I didn't have the courage to ask .
  • .
  • A more common term than 'spine' in this idiom is 'I didn't have the backbone to ask .
  • ' Clive
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Hi,
I didn't have the courage to ask . . .

A more common term than 'spine' in this idiom is 'I didn't have the backbone to ask . . .'

Clive
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