Colour Idioms – YELLOW – Sárga idiómák és kifejezések

COLOUR IDIOMS – YELLOW

  1. yellow as a guinea – bright yellow – sárga, mint a citrom 

  2. yellow as a frog belly – cowardly – gyáva

  3. a yellow streak – cowardice – gyávaság                                         

  4. yellow – cowardly – gyáva                                    

  5. yellow brass – yellow metal – sárgaréz

  6. yellow journalism/press – newspaper articles sensationalized in order to sell more papers – bulvársajtó, szenzációhajhász újságírás                                        

  7. a yellow card (soccer) – to give someone a first warning – sárga lap (fociban)             

  8. yellow fever – a disease involving high fever and jaundice that is common in the tropics – sárgaláz

  9. a yellow boy (British)  – a gold coin – aranypénz (régies jelentés)

10. Yellow jack – a flag flown on avessel to show that it is under quarantine – karantént jelző sárga zászló

11. Yellow dog contract – a contract which denies a person the right to join a worker’s union – olyan szerződés, amelyben a munkavállaló vállalja, hogy nem csatlakozik a szakszervezethez                             

12. Everything that is yellow is not gold. – all is not gold that glitters – Nem minden arany, ami fénylik.

13. give someone the yellow light – indicate that someone should proceed cautiously with an action, plan, etc – sárga lámpát mutatni valakinek, óvatosságra inteni

14. have a yellow streak down one’s back – to be a coward – gyáva

15. The Yellow Kid  – (1895) was one of the first comic strip characters. He gave his name to type of sensational reporting called yellow journalism.

16. yellow jackets – black–and–yellow wasps – darázs

17. Yellow Pages – a book that contains the telephone numbers of businesses and organizations in an area, arranged according to the type of service or goods they provide – Sárga Oldalak

18. yellow-bellied – cowardly – gyáva

Can you give all the ’yellow’ words for „gyáva”?

Match the idioms with the definitions.

Key:

gyáva:  yellow as a frog belly, yellow, yellow–bellied, have a yellow streak down one’s back

Idioms:

1. F
2. A
3. H
4. C
5. B
6. I
7. E
8. G
9. J
10. L
11. N
12. K
13. D
14. M