wear yellow stockings: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  General Englishneutral
  • To wear stockings that are yellow in color.

  Examples

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  • For her performance, she wore yellow stockings that matched her bright costume perfectly.

    Para su actuación, ella llevaba medias amarillas que combinaban perfectamente con su brillante disfraz.

  • He wore yellow stockings to the party, standing out with the bold color choice.

    Él llevaba medias amarillas en la fiesta, destacándose con la audaz elección de color.

  • The dancer wore yellow stockings as part of her traditional outfit during the festival.

    La bailarina llevaba medias amarillas como parte de su traje tradicional durante el festival.

  • She slipped on her yellow stockings before putting on her shoes to complete the look.

    Se puso las medias amarillas antes de calzarse para completar el look.

• 2.

  chiefly historicalinformaldatedrare
  • To be regarded as cowardly or timid, based on the conventional association of the color yellow with cowardice.

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  • After backing out of the challenge, everyone said he was wearing yellow stockings and lacked courage.

    Después de retirarse del desafío, todos dijeron que él era un cobarde y le faltaba valor.

  • Don’t wear yellow stockings by avoiding the difficult conversation; face it head-on instead.

    No seas cobarde evitando la conversación difícil; enfréntala directamente.

  • They accused the captain of wearing yellow stockings when he abandoned the team in the crisis.

    Acusaron al capitán de ser un cobarde cuando abandonó al equipo en la crisis.