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Phrase(s): *meek as a lamb [of someone] shy, quiet, and docile. (*Also: as ~.) • Only an hour after their argument, Joe went to Elizabeth and, meek as a lamb, asked her to forgive him. • Betsy terrorizes the other children, but she’s as meek as a lamb around her elders.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs