yellow-livered

yellow-livered {adj.}

Cowardly.

The young boy greatly resented being called yellow-livered and started to fight right away.

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chicken-livered

[chicken-livered] {adj.}, {slang}, {colloquial} Easily scared; cowardly. * /Joe sure is a chicken-livered guy./ See: [CHICKEN-HEARTED]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

yellow-bellied

[yellow-bellied] {adj.}, {slang} Extremely timid, cowardly. * /Joe Bennett is a yellow-bellied guy, don't send him on such a tough assignment!/ A Dictionary of American Idioms

yellow journalism

[yellow journalism] {n. phr.} Cheap and sensational newspaper writing; inflammatory language designed to stir up popular sentiment against another country. * /Yellow journalism is hardly ever truly informative./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

chicken-hearted

[chicken-hearted] {adj.} Cowardly; excessively timid. * /"Come on, let's get on that roller coaster," she cried. "Don't be so chicken-hearted."/ See: [CHICKEN-LIVERED]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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