I did. You told me to stop being a shrinking violet and to step up.

我谈了啊。你告诉我要做一个羞怯的，要挺身出。

You have to see your opportunity and take it, nobody respects a shrinking violet.

必须看到你的机住它，没有尊敬羞怯的。

What have we here? What beauty by my side? A rose in bloom, a shrinking violet?

这是什么？我身边的她多么美丽？一朵含苞欲放的玫瑰，一个娇美羞涩的少女！

She is a wallflower at social gatherings, a shrinking violet, as it were, but she wanted to step out of her comfort zone.

她在社交聚会上是个壁花，可以说是个羞怯的， 但她想走出自己的舒适区。

We say that someone is " no shrinking violet" instead of saying " not a shrinking violet" .

我们说某" no shrinking violet(害羞的)" ，是说" not a shrinking violet" 。

When faced with a difficult situation, a shrinking violet seems to get smaller.

当面对困难时，一个羞怯的似乎变得更渺小了。

Lila was often perceived as a shrinking violet in the community.

莉拉在社区中常被视为一个羞怯的。

Well, if someone is a shrinking violet, maybe it was hard to even convince them to go to a social gathering to begin with.

那么， 如果一个是羞怯的，可能一开始就很难说服他们去参加社交聚会。

My friend Olga loves to perform. She is a great singer. And she's no shrinking violet!

我的朋友奥尔加喜欢表演。她是个很棒的歌手。她可是个害羞的！

Another adjective to describe a shrinking violet is modest.

另一个形容羞怯的形容词是" modest" 。

If someone is a shrinking violet, usually it means that they are very shy.

如果某是羞怯的，通常意味着他们非常害羞。

She's also no shrinking violet when it comes to sharing her thoughts.

当谈到分享自己的想法时，她也一点羞涩。

So we're learning about Lila here, and she was often perceived as a shrinking violet in the community.

所以我们在这里了解莉拉，她在社区中常被视为一个羞怯的。

It does seem that they have the best of all worlds, which is not great news for shrinking violets.

看起来他们确实拥有世界上最好的，这对于萎缩的紫罗兰来说是什么好消息。

So she makes it sound in this complaint, Arthur, like she is this powerless, shrinking violet.

所以在这份诉状中，亚瑟，她把自己描述成一个无助、退缩的紫罗兰。

Someone timid might be called shrinking violet or a wallflower, while for especially nervous types we have the curious expression: they wouldn’t say boo to a goose.

胆小的可能被称为畏缩的紫罗兰或壁花， 对于特别紧张的类型， 我们有一种奇怪的表达方式：他们会对鹅说嘘。