under one's breath
below one's breath
In a whisper; with a low voice.
Шепотом, тихо, еле слышно.
The teacher heard the boy say something under his breath and she asked him to repeat it aloud.
I told Lucy the news under my breath, but Joyce overheard me.
I told him the truth below my breath.
Я рассказал ему правду шепотом.
wallflower
A girl who has to sit out dances because nobody is asking her to dance.
"I used to be a wallflower during my high school days," Valerie complained, "but my luck changed for better once I got into college."
way the wind blows
how the wind blows
The direction or course something may go; how things are; what may happen.
Most senators find put which way the wind blows in their home state before voting on bills in Congress.
yellow dog
Подлый, трусливый человек; презренное существо.
Nobody likes him because he’s a yellow dog.
Его никто не любит потому, что он подлый человек.
yellow journalism
Cheap and sensational newspaper writing; inflammatory language designed to stir up popular sentiment against another country.
Журналистика, специализирующаяся на сплетнях и скандалах; подстрекающий язык разработанный для разжигания популярных настроений против другой страны.
Yellow journalism is hardly ever truly informative.
Желтая пресса почти никогда не бывает по настоящему содержательной.
yellow rag
Бульварная газета; бульварный листок.
I will never understand why people read all those yellow rags!
Я никогда не пойму, зачем люди читают все эти бульварные газеты!
yellow-bellied
Extremely timid, cowardly.
Боязливый; опасливый; трусливый.
Joe Bennett is a yellow-bellied guy, don't send him on such a tough assignment!
John is so yellow-bellied! He couldn’t even stand up for himself when his boss shouted at him for no reason!
Джон такой трус! Он даже не смог за себя постоять, когда его босс накричал на него ни за что!
yellow-livered
Cowardly.
The young boy greatly resented being called yellow-livered and started to fight right away.