There's nothing mellow about yellow

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I Have A Dream  #230384  Tue, 30 May 06 09:33 AM
What's this sentence meaning there's nothing mellow about yellow?
  
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Jhumjhum  #230389  Tue, 30 May 06 09:43 AM
There is nothing sweet or rich in yollow colour or perhaps it means 'all that glitter is not gold' or may be 'old age is not very much enjoyable"

  
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Vorpar  #230406  Tue, 30 May 06 10:16 AM
Mellow means calm. Beyond that, I'm not sure what the idiom could mean. There's a song by Donovan called "Mellow Yellow."
  
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Marius Hancu  #230428  Tue, 30 May 06 11:02 AM
There are only 22 hits at Yahoo on
"mellow about yellow"
(quotation marks are important),
such as this one:

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http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/07/07/sections/sports/pro/article_587744.php

He's mellow about yellow

Armstrong tries to honor the fallen former bearer by not wearing the leader's  jersey.
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It means, IMO, to be soft (at heart) about something having the yellow color, as in this case the yellow jersey worn by the leader in bike races.

  
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nona the brit  #230435  Tue, 30 May 06 11:13 AM
It's a jokey comment because of the famous song title Mellow Yellow.
  
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