Yellow

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To be ‘yellow-bellied’ or simply ‘yellow’ is to be cowardly or easily scared. This word originally applied to birds that literally have a yellow belly, like the yellow-bellied sapsucker. From there, it came to mean an insult for cowards (Wikipedia). Moreover, from the late middle Ages, yellow had been associated with falsehood, treason and treachery; Judas was also often depicted wearing yellow at this time. It has been suggested that yellow-bellied, meaning a coward, may have also been inspired by chicken egg yolks being yellow and a chicken meaning coward.

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