Although he was confident in meetings, he remained a love-shy who could never summon the courage to ask someone out.

The love-shy intern rarely joined office gatherings, preferring to watch others' romances from the sidelines.

After hours of trying every lure, the inexperienced hunter concluded that the local deer were simply call-shy.

Many volunteers shy away from disaster zones despite the urgent need for help.

She kept shying away from difficult conversations, hoping time would solve their problems.

Don't trust him—he's a crate shy of a load, always falling for obvious scams.

Once bitten, twice shy, so after that failed investment she decided to keep her money in low-risk funds.

As my grandmother used to say, shy bairns get noot, so speak up and ask for what you want.

My grandmother would always remind us with the old proverb 'shy bairns get nowt' when we were too afraid to speak up.

I wanted to trust him again, but once hurt, twice shy kept echoing in my mind.