have a yellow belly

and have a yellow streak down one's back

Fig. to be cowardly. Tex has a yellow streak down his back a mile wide. He's afraid to cross the street!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ezra	['ezrə]
EusÉBio	-	Portuguese
Ayr	[ɛə]
Dovid	-	Yiddish
Ba'al	BAY-əl (English), BAYL (English)	Near Eastern Mythology
Abel	AY-bəl (English), ah-BEL (Spanish), ə-BEL (Portuguese)	English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek