yellow streak


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yellow streak (down someone's back)

a tendency toward cowardice. Tim's got a yellow streak down his back a mile wide. Get rid of that yellow streak. Show some courage.
See also: streak, yellow
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It is a solitary, strongly scented flower that is 4-6cm across and deep purple in colour, with a canary yellow streak running the length of each petal.
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Giving a rare glimpse of the depth of his confidence ahead of his big night, the normally quietly-spoken 31-year-old from Brixton said: ``Klitschko has a yellow streak in him.
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I refer to 'thugitis' - the symptoms being the appearance of a selfish yellow streak which gradually dominates the personality and which, if allowed to develop, becomes chronic and almost impossible to cure.
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Frankie, if you haven't got a yellow streak down your back a smile wide, then leave disabled people alone and pick on those who might
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It puts forth a solitary, strongly scented flower which is 4-6cm across and deep purple in colour, with a canary yellow streak running the length of each petal.
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A THE 1939 classic starred Bert Lahr as the overstuffed moggy with a mile-wide yellow streak.
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WHEN it comes to mixing it with the Ministry of Defence, the Government seems to develop a curiously yellow streak.
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Is he going to make Adams and Co, who are immigrants to the House of Commons, do likewise or has he got a yellow streak down his spine like John Reid and Tony Blair?
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It puts forth a solitary, strongly scented flower which is 4cm-6cm across and deep purple in colour, with a canary yellow streak running the length of each petal.
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