yellow-bellied - idiom meaning?

Question

What is the meaning of "yellow-bellied" idiom?

Answer 1

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Being yellow-bellied means you run away or avoid frightening situations.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

This idiom is quite informal.  Sometimes this idiom is shortened to just "yellow".
"Yellow-bellied" can also be used as an adjective.  For example:

"He is a yellow-bellied thief!"

 

Answer 4

Idiom Scenario 2:

Kim and Stacey are bicycling around their neighborhood when they discover a group of their friends.  The friends have erected a bicycle jump.  The jump is about one half a meter tall.  Kim and Stacey stop to watch some of the boys pedaling their bicycles very fast and flying ten meters through the air after taking the jump.  One of the boys asks Kim to try the jump.  Kim refuses.  The boy taunts Kim...

"What's the matter?  Are you yellow-bellied?"

 

 

Answer 5

Idiom Scenario 1:

Jean and Sylvia are homosexual lovers.  They have been together for more than ten years.  They have never displayed affection in public.  They have never told anyone about their sexualities because they are afraid of the reactions of their friends, families and coworkers.  You could say that they are...

yellow-bellied.
 

 

Answer 6

Idiom Definition:

"to be yellow-bellied"

to be a coward
to not be brave
 

Synonyms:
afraid, chicken, coward, fainthearted, frightened, gutless, lily-livered, pusillanimous, scared, spineless, timid, weak, yellow
 
 
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