|
Idiom |
Definition |
Usage |
| year-round |
the entire year without
closing |
The supermarket is now
open year-round. |
| yellow-bellied |
cowardly |
He is a
yellow-bellied person. |
| YELLOW
{HAVE A YELLOW STREAK} |
cowardly |
1. Peter isn’t brave enough to stand up and fight. He’s
yellow.
2. I bought this big dog for protection from burglars, but
he’s a coward. He has a yellow streak a mile long. |
| YELLOW
JOURNALISM |
journalism that is exaggerated or unnecessarily sensational |
1. Some of the newspapers that are for sale at the checkout
counter of the supermarket have headlines that are
sensational as well as untrue. They are an example of yellow
journalism.
2. Some newspaper reporters resort to yellow journalism to
sell more copies of their newspapers. They unnecessarily
report the shocking details of events such as murders just
to get headlines that catch the eye. |
| you bet |
Of course |
You bet
I am angry with you. |
| you bet your
boots |
Of course |
You bet your
boots I am angry with you. |
| you bet your
life |
Of course |
You bet your
life I am angry with you. |
