with one's tail between one's legs, (to go off with)

With a feeling of shame or embarrassment. The expression alludes to a dog that slinks off in defeat, a usage dating from about 1400. The transfer to human beings had taken place by the 1800s. W. E. Norris used it in Thirlby Hall (1884), “We shall have you back here very soon . . . with your tail between your legs.” The French have an identical phrase, s’en aller la queue entre les jambes.

词组	with one's tail between one's legs, (to go off with)
释义	with one's tail between one's legs, (to go off with) with one's tail between one's legs, (to go off with) With a feeling of shame or embarrassment. The expression alludes to a dog that slinks off in defeat, a usage dating from about 1400. The transfer to human beings had taken place by the 1800s. W. E. Norris used it in Thirlby Hall (1884), “We shall have you back here very soon . . . with your tail between your legs.” The French have an identical phrase, s’en aller la queue entre les jambes. See also: between, go, off, tail The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: crown of thorns chips are down, the tree hugger be straining at the leash tell (one) what (one) can do with (something) tell someone what to do with something tell what to do with drum (something) into one's head, to a back number back number
随便看	on the tip of your tongue on the town on the track of (someone or something) on the trail on the trail of (someone or something) on the trot on the turn on the understanding that on the understanding that... on the up on the up and up on the up-and-up on the upgrade on the upside on the upswing on the uptake on the verge on the verge of on the verge of (doing) (something) on the wagon on the wagon, to be on the waiting list on the wallaby on the wallaby (track) on the wallaby track