yellow
To look yellow; to be jealous. I happened to call on Mr. Green, who was out: on coming home, and finding me with his wife, he began to look confounded blue, and was, I thought, a little yellow.
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yellow belly
A native of the Fens of Lincolnshire; an allusion to the eels caught there.
Yellow Books
Official documents, Govern- ment reports, etc., in France; corresponding to British "Blue Books" (<?.v.); so called from the colour of their covers.
yellow boy
Slang for a golden sovereign, once fairly common in Great Britain.
yellow brick road
A path to success or a way to achieve one's goals
yellow grease
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
yellow jack
The yellow fever. A very large number of appliances and parts of appliances are called by this name; such as the jack, bottle-jack, or roasting-jack, used for turning the meat when roasting before an open fire; the jack used for lifting heavy weights; the rough stool or wooden horse used for sawing timber on; etc.
yellow journalism
Sensationalized reporting that prioritizes attention over facts
yellow journalist
A journalist who uses sensationalism to attract readers
yellow light
a warning or caution signal
yellow press
Sensationalized or lurid journalism
yellow state
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
yellow-belly
A native of the fens of Lincolnshire, or the Isle of Ely—in allusion to the frogs and yellow-bellied eels caught there.
yellow-boy
A sovereign, or any gold coin.
yellow-jack
The yellow fever prevalent in the West Indies.
yellow-man
A yellow silk handkerchief.
yellows
A term of reproach applied to Bluecoat and other charity school boys.
yen
Opium.
yeoman's service
Valuable help or assistance
yeoman's service
Hard work; effectual service; excellent service whether in a good or bad cause. The reference is to the yeomen of the Free Companies.
yepperoni
yes
yepperoo
yes
yeppo
yes
yes and no
An answer that is both affirmative and negative
yes man
Someone who agrees with everything
yes or no
Requiring a simple yes or no answer
yes to death
completely and utterly agree
yes, Virginia
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
yest
A contraction of yesterday.
yid
A Jew.
yid
Or YIT, a Jew. YIDDEN, the Jewish people. The Jews use these terms very frequently.
yiddo
A Jew.
yield the ghost
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
yield up the ghost
To die or stop functioning
yin and yang
Two complementary opposites that interact and balance each other
yobbo
A yob.
yoink
To kill.
yoked
Married.
yoked
Married. A yoke; the quantum of labour performed at one spell by husbandmen, the day's work being divided in summer into three yokes. Kentish term.
yokel
A countryman. Probably from yoke, representative of his occupation. Some fancy, however, that the word was originally YOWKEL, in imitation of the broad tones of country labourers.
yokuff
A chest, or large box.
yola
cocaine
york
To vomit.
yorkshire
"to YORKSHIRE," or "come YORKSHIRE over any person," to cheat or cozen him. The proverbial over-reaching of the rustics of this county has given rise to the phrase, which is sometimes pronounced Yorshar. To put Yorshar to a man, is to trick or deceive him. This latter is from a work in the Lancashire dialect, 1757.
yorkshire compliment
A gift of something useless to the giver. Sometimes called a North-country compliment.
yorkshire estates
"I will do it when I come into my YORKSHIRE ESTATES,"—meaning if I ever have the money or the means.
yorkshire reckoning
A reckoning in which every one pays his own share.
yorkshire tyke
A Yorkshire clown. To come Yorkshire over any one; to cheat him.
you all
a polite way to address a group of people
you always find something in the last place you look
People usually stop searching once they find what they are looking for.
you are chaffing me
Making fun of me. A singular custom used to exist in Notts and Leicestershire some half a century ago. When a husband illtreated his wife, the villagers emptied a sack of chaff at his door, to intimate that "thrashing was done within." Chair, The. The office of chief magistrate in a corporate town; the office of a professor, etc as "The chair of poetry, in Oxford, is now vacant.
you are never too old to learn
It's always possible to acquire new knowledge or skills
you are what you eat
Your health and character are influenced by your diet
you bet
used to express strong agreement or confirmation
you came on his blind side
His soft or tender-hearted side. Said of persons who wheedle some favour out of another. He yielded because he was not wide awake to his own interest.
you can catch more flies with a drop of honey than with a barrel of vinegar
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
you can have too much of a good thing
Excessive amounts of something pleasant can become unpleasant
you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.
you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink
You can provide someone with opportunity, but you cannot force them to take it
you can never tell
It is impossible to predict what will happen.