danger is one's middle name

English

Phrase

danger is one's middle name

  1. (humorous) One is fearless or a daredevil
    • 2017 May 16, Eve Langlais, Kate Douglas, A. C. Arthur, Hunger, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 32:
      Extreme danger. Just not the type she thought. “Danger is my middle name.” “That is so cliché.” “Very well, my true middle name is Eugene.” Why he admitted it he couldn't have said, but he did enjoy her tinkle of laughter.

Usage notes
  1. Due to the overly clichéd use of the phrase, it is nowadays used in an ironic sense as the setup for a joke where one character will say “Danger is my middle name” to which another character will reply saying “I thought your middle name was...” or something similar.
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