have a yellow streak down one’s back



have a yellow streak down one’s back

tv. to be cowardly. (Have got can replace have.) wrong. If you have a yellow streak down your back, you don’t take many risks.
See also: back, down, have, streak, yellow

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
PĀVils-Latvian
Chichi-Western African, Igbo
ReetaRE:-tahFinnish
KyraKIE-rə, KEE-rəEnglish
Lyuben-Bulgarian
Borivoi-Medieval Slavic