yel•low•bel•lied
We found 3 definitions of yellow-bellied from 2 different sources.
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yellow-bellied - easily frightened | ||
chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow | ||
cowardly, fearful lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley | ||
colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |