Expression: They were yellow

[Pupil]

Test No. incompl/inter-2 "Like a red rag", question 8

As they turned round and ran away, people thought they were ..........

(a) red
(b) blue
(c) white
(d) yellow

Test No. incompl/inter-2 "Like a red rag", answer 8

As they turned round and ran away, people thought they were yellow.

Correct answer: (d) yellow

Hi all!!! "They were yellow" What is it?
Tell me, please
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[Alan]

Hi Pupil,

'Yellow' simply means having no courage - being a coward.

Alan
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[Pupil]

Hi Alan. I was very surprised. Thank you
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[Anhtamct]

When I answered this question, I thought yellow means crazy. :D

[Joao Fonseca]

:lol: there is a expression that looks like this in my language, as I understood, it migh be, to be afraid of something.
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[Minkingo]

Dear all,

In Taiwan, yellow means pornography such as, yellow books, yello movies, or yellow video.

[Ully]

Dear all,
There is a lot of mining of yellow color. even yellow means pornography. in my language pornography is blue.
Thank you.

[Womenfr.eng]

Im fr Turkey not animal, only Turkey:D In my language It doesnt mean pornography or any color doesnt means any mean.My language is innocent:)

[LisandroAlves]

[Admira]

In my country Albania,yellow it means jealous.
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[Salnatkas]

I don't exactly get it. Does yellow mean crazy in this sentance?

thank you in advance

[Vanjess]

In my country yellow means yellow lol =)

And for Salnatkas yellows means "being a coward" in the sentence...

[Skifond]

As they turned round and ran away, people thought they were ..........

Shouldn't we use 'turned around' instead of 'turned round' in this sentence?

[Beeesneees]

Hi Skifond, they are interchangeable in this context.
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[Tevinvalentine]

To me, this sentence is definatly involved with race, obviously someone was shocked and ran from it, the expression would be all depends on person's skin color. I'm sure Yellow people won't use an expression as yellow, if they have seen somethings and ran from it, just like whites couldn't use white so they decide to go with yellow!!! plus i'm sure blacks won't use white or yellow or black?!