Wiktionary
shrinking violets
n. (plural of shrinking violet English)
Usage examples of "shrinking violets".
The effect of the shrinking violets had worn off at last, and with the Iffin rapidly reaching his former size and strength, there was no room in the box-like cell.
They have a long history of fighting for just causes, justice and the rights of women everywhere and it was them who started the Land Army during the war so they're no shrinking violets.
Lombardo and Dundee could hardly be classified as shrinking violets themselves.
Fighter pilots were shrinking violets next to battlefield surgeons.
Those astronauts weren't children, and they weren't shrinking violets.
Cheney, Powell and Rumsfeld were not shrinking violets, and the president wanted to make sure each had his say.