前怕狼後怕虎

1. • lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom)
2. • fig. to be full of needless fears
3. • reds under the beds

Character by character

• 前(qián)front
• 怕(pà)surname Pa
• 狼(láng)wolf
• 後(hòu)back
• 怕(pà)surname Pa
• 虎(hǔ)tiger