- with your tail between your legs
- informal
ashamed or upset because you have been defeated
We're going to send them home with their tails between their legs.
English dictionary. 2014.
with your tail between your legs
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with your tail between your legs — informal phrase ashamed or upset because you have been defeated We’re going to send them home with their tails between their legs. Thesaurus: feeling ashamed or embarrassedsynonym feeling sad or unhappysynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
with (your) tail between (your) legs — if you leave somewhere with your tail between your legs, you leave feeling ashamed and embarrassed because you have failed or made a mistake. The losing team walked off with their tails between their legs … New idioms dictionary
your tail between your legs — (your) tail between (your) legs feeling ashamed and embarrassed. After playing so badly for the entire game, the team walked off with their tails between their legs. Etymology: based on the behavior of dogs, who will put their tails between their … New idioms dictionary
your tail between legs — (your) tail between (your) legs feeling ashamed and embarrassed. After playing so badly for the entire game, the team walked off with their tails between their legs. Etymology: based on the behavior of dogs, who will put their tails between their … New idioms dictionary
tail between your legs — (your) tail between (your) legs feeling ashamed and embarrassed. After playing so badly for the entire game, the team walked off with their tails between their legs. Etymology: based on the behavior of dogs, who will put their tails between their … New idioms dictionary
tail between legs — (your) tail between (your) legs feeling ashamed and embarrassed. After playing so badly for the entire game, the team walked off with their tails between their legs. Etymology: based on the behavior of dogs, who will put their tails between their … New idioms dictionary
tail — tail1 W3S2 [teıl] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(animal)¦ 2¦(aircraft)¦ 3¦(shirt)¦ 4¦(back part)¦ 5 tails 6 the tail end of something 7 be on somebody s tail 8¦(follow)¦ 9 turn tail … Dictionary of contemporary English
tail — [[t]te͟ɪl[/t]] ♦♦♦ tails, tailing, tailed 1) N COUNT The tail of an animal, bird, or fish is the part extending beyond the end of its body. The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies. ...a black dog with a long tail. Derived words … English dictionary
tail — 1 /teIl/ noun 1 ANIMAL (C) the movable part at the back of an animal s body: The dog wagged its tail. | a fish s tail 2 AIRCRAFT (C) the back part of an aircraft 3 SHIRT (C) the bottom part of your shirt at the back, that you put inside your… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
tail — tail1 [ teıl ] noun ** ▸ 1 back part ▸ 2 someone following someone ▸ 3 side of coin ▸ 4 bottom of shirt ▸ 5 man s formal jacket ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a part at the back of an animal s body that can move: The animal sprays liquid from a gland… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
