Meanings
adjectiveman enough (not comparable)
- not comparablesufficiently courageous
When I'm broken down and I can't stand / Would you be man enough to be my man?
1993, “Strong Enough”, in Tuesday Night Music Club, performed by Sheryl Crow2 more examples
Are you man enough to look death in the face; or shall I run the risk of the hounds raising an outcry, and go in myself?
1854, James Fenimore Cooper, The Prairie: A Tale; in Three Volumes, page 245But the troll seldom came out in the open air, and the mountain was well closed, so the youngster was not man enough to get inside.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 101
Translations
German Mann genug
- Mann genugsufficiently courageous
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