nervous Nellie

variants or nervous Nelly
as in nervous wreck
a person who is inclined to worry many new parents are nervous Nellies when it comes to the health of their babies

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Recent Examples of nervous Nellie Stephanie, the president’s Nervous Nellie secretary, undergoes a personality change after dipping into Bernadette’s bag of pills. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024

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“Nervous Nellie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nervous%20Nellie. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.

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