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Expression: They were yellow #1 (permalink) Mon Feb 09, 2004 11:17 am   Expression: They were yellow
 

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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Yellow #2 (permalink) Mon Feb 09, 2004 11:41 am   Yellow
 

Hi Pupil,

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

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Yellow #3 (permalink) Mon Feb 09, 2004 12:12 pm   Yellow
 

Hi Alan. I was very surprised. Thank you
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Expression: They were yellow #4 (permalink) Thu Aug 07, 2008 16:15 pm   Expression: They were yellow
 

When I answered this question, I thought yellow means crazy. Very Happy
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turned yellow #5 (permalink) Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:14 am   turned yellow
 

Laughing 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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Expression: They were yellow #6 (permalink) Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:46 am   Expression: They were yellow
 

Dear all,

In Taiwan, yellow means pornography such as, yellow books, yello movies, or yellow video.
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Expression: They were yellow #7 (permalink) Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:12 am   Expression: They were yellow
 

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