Milksop Meaning: a British way of referring to a cowardly, | VIP speak english [link]

Milksop

Meaning: a British way of referring to a cowardly, weak person.

The origin of the expression is "bread soaked in milk", which falls apart in your hands and slips out when you try to pick it up, but such a coward is not necessarily a milk-boy. He may well be a middle-aged man, and age does not play any role here. Nor is the degree of insult so harsh.

Example:
- Get up and do push ups, stupid milksop!