| Zachery, with his usual flair for talking a good game but chickening out when the crunch came, at first refused outright to sled down the hill. |
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| I meant to, but I've been enjoying your company so much that I kept chickening out. |
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| Of course, the candidates can choose not to go – but then they'd have to explain to real people why they're chickening out. |
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| Which may be so – but it still seems like chickening out on her earlier achievement. |
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| Both have a history of chickening out when the going gets tough: Mr Gysi resigned as economics minister of Berlin, Mr Lafontaine quit as Mr Schröder's first finance minister. |
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| I surprise myself by not chickening out and heading straight back to Shinjuku station, although I do nearly get killed by an ambulance crossing Kita Street. |
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| It was a very smart tactic, and if it produces a serious, united international front it may yet pressure Saddam into chickening out and allowing unconditional inspections. |
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