tail

Related to tail: Long tail, wet tail

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(as) nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
a sting in the tail
a tiger by the tail
be (sitting) on (one's) tail
be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
be chasing (one's) (own) tail
be chasing tail
be chasing your tail
be like a dog with two tails
better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
cannot make head or tail of something
can't make head nor tail of (someone or something)
can't make head or tail of
can't make head or/nor tail of something
can't make heads nor tails of (someone or something)
can't make heads or tails (out) of (someone or something)
can't make heads or tails of
catch a tiger by the tail
chase (one's) tail
chase tail
chase your tail
come up heads
come up tails
drag (one's) tail
fishtail
freeze (one's) tail off
freeze tail off
fuzz
fuzzy (tail)
fuzzy tail
get (one's) tail (somewhere)
get (one's) tail in gear
get off (one's) tail
Get off my tail!
get off one's tail
get off tail
get one’s tail in gear
get one’s tail somewhere fast!
get one’s tail somewhere immediately!
get one’s tail somewhere now!
get some tail
go chase your tail
Go chase your tail!
Go chase yourself!
half a shake of a lamb's tail
has the world by the tail
have (got) a tiger by the tail
have (one's) tail up
have (someone or something) by the tail
have a bear by the tail
have a tiger by the tail
have the world by the tail
heads I win, tails you lose
heads or tails
Heads or tails?
hold an eel by the tail
hunk of tail
in two shakes
in two shakes (of a lamb's tail)
in two shakes of a lamb's tail
like a dog with two tails
make head or tail (out) of (someone or something)
make head or tail of
make head or tail of something, to be unable to
make heads or tails (out) of (someone or something)
make heads or tails of
nose to tail
not able to make head nor tail (out) of (something)
not able to make head or tail (out) of (something)
not able to make head or tail of
not able to make heads nor tails (out) of (something)
not able to make heads or tails (out) of (something)
on (one's) coattails
on (one's) tail
on somebody's coat-tails
on somebody's tail
on someone’s tail
on someone's coattails
on someone's coat-tails
on tail
on the coattails of (someone)
on the coat-tails of someone/something
on your tail
piece of tail
pin the tail on the donkey
put (one's) tail up
put salt on the tail of
put salt on the tail of (someone or something)
ride (on) the coattails of (someone)
ride on (one's) coattails
ride on someone's/something's coat-tails
ring-tailed snorter
run away with (one's) tail between (one's) legs
shavetail
sit on (one's) tail
sit on someone's tail
skin an eel by the tail
sting in the tail
tail (something) in(to) (something)
tail after
tail away
tail between one's legs, with one's
tail down
tail 'em, nail 'em, and jail 'em
tail end
tail end (of something)
tail into
tail into (something)
tail off
tail out
tail out (from something)
tail wagging the dog
tail wagging the dog, the
tail-end
tails
the long tail
the tail end
the tail end of something
the tail wagging the dog
the tail wags the dog
tickle the dragon's tail
tiger by the tail
tiger by the tail, to have a
top and tail
top and tail something
turn tail
turn tail and run
turn tail, to
twist the lion's tail
two shakes of a lamb’s tail
two shakes of a lamb's tail
wagtail
whale tail
with (one's) tail between (one's) legs
with (one's) tail up
with one's tail between one's legs, (to go off with)
with tail between legs
with your tail between your legs
with your tail up
within (one's) rights
work (one's) tail off
work one’s tail off
work one's fingers to the bone
work one's tail off, to
work tail off

References in classic literature

"Very well," answered Nick, "the broom shall be used for a tail," and he fastened it firmly to the back end of the sofa body.

The Marvelous Land of Oz

Can't you see that we're both Pups in the Wood and the missis is the cruel uncle after you with the dish towel and me with the flea liniment and a pink bow to tie on my tail. Why not cut that all out and be pards forever more?"

"I'm going to call you 'Pete,'" says my master; and if I'd had five tails I couldn't have done enough wagging to do justice to the occasion.

The Four Million

In the morning came the fox again and met him as he was beginning his journey, and said, 'Go straight forward, till you come to a castle, before which lie a whole troop of soldiers fast asleep and snoring: take no notice of them, but go into the castle and pass on and on till you come to a room, where the golden bird sits in a wooden cage; close by it stands a beautiful golden cage; but do not try to take the bird out of the shabby cage and put it into the handsome one, otherwise you will repent it.' Then the fox stretched out his tail again, and the young man sat himself down, and away they went over stock and stone till their hair whistled in the wind.

You must go straight on till you come to the castle where the horse stands in his stall: by his side will lie the groom fast asleep and snoring: take away the horse quietly, but be sure to put the old leathern saddle upon him, and not the golden one that is close by it.' Then the son sat down on the fox's tail, and away they went over stock and stone till their hair whistled in the wind.

At twelve o'clock at night the princess goes to the bathing-house: go up to her and give her a kiss, and she will let you lead her away; but take care you do not suffer her to go and take leave of her father and mother.' Then the fox stretched out his tail, and so away they went over stock and stone till their hair whistled again.

Then the old fox came once more, and scolded him for not following his advice; otherwise no evil would have befallen him: 'Yet,' said he, 'I cannot leave you here, so lay hold of my tail and hold fast.' Then he pulled him out of the river, and said to him, as he got upon the bank, 'Your brothers have set watch to kill you, if they find you in the kingdom.' So he dressed himself as a poor man, and came secretly to the king's court, and was scarcely within the doors when the horse began to eat, and the bird to sing, and princess left off weeping.

Fairy Tales

When Bobby came up from Deolali and took his place among the Tail Twisters, it was gently but firmly borne in upon him that the Regiment was his father and his mother and his indissolubly wedded wife, and that there was no crime under the canopy of heaven blacker than that of bringing shame on the Regiment, which was the best-shooting, best-drilled, best set-up, bravest, most illustrious, and in all respects most desirable Regiment within the compass of the Seven Seas.

But best of all was the occasion when he moved with the Tail Twisters in review order at the breaking of a November day.

The review ended in a glorious chase across the plain - batteries thundering after cavalry to the huge disgust of the White Hussars, and the Tyneside Tail Twisters hunting a Sikh Regiment till the lean, lathy Singhs panted with exhaustion.

The sickness in the out-villages spread, the Bazar was put out of bounds, and then came the news that the Tail Twisters must go into camp.

On the Umballa platform waited a detachment of officers discussing the latest news from the stricken cantonment, and it was here that Bobby learned the real condition of the Tail Twisters.

Bobby pressed his forehead against the rain-splashed window-pane as the train lumbered across the sodden Doab, and prayed for the health of the Tyneside Tail Twisters.

Only A Subaltern

I had been calling Nobs in the meantime and was about to set out in search of him, fearing, to tell the truth, to do so lest I find him mangled and dead among the trees of the acacia grove, when he suddenly emerged from among the boles, his ears flattened, his tail between his legs and his body screwed into a suppliant S.

The game, however, seemed wary; for the instant the animals discovered us, they threw up their heads and tails and went cavorting off, those farther inland following the example of the others until all were lost in the mazes of the distant forest.

The Land That Time Forgot

词组	tail
释义	tail Related to tail: Long tail, wet tail See: (as) nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs a sting in the tail a tiger by the tail be (sitting) on (one's) tail be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed be chasing (one's) (own) tail be chasing tail be chasing your tail be like a dog with two tails better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion bright-eyed and bushy-tailed cannot make head or tail of something can't make head nor tail of (someone or something) can't make head or tail of can't make head or/nor tail of something can't make heads nor tails of (someone or something) can't make heads or tails (out) of (someone or something) can't make heads or tails of catch a tiger by the tail chase (one's) tail chase tail chase your tail come up heads come up tails drag (one's) tail fishtail freeze (one's) tail off freeze tail off fuzz fuzzy (tail) fuzzy tail get (one's) tail (somewhere) get (one's) tail in gear get off (one's) tail Get off my tail! get off one's tail get off tail get one’s tail in gear get one’s tail somewhere fast! get one’s tail somewhere immediately! get one’s tail somewhere now! get some tail go chase your tail Go chase your tail! Go chase yourself! half a shake of a lamb's tail has the world by the tail have (got) a tiger by the tail have (one's) tail up have (someone or something) by the tail have a bear by the tail have a tiger by the tail have the world by the tail heads I win, tails you lose heads or tails Heads or tails? hold an eel by the tail hunk of tail in two shakes in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) in two shakes of a lamb's tail like a dog with two tails make head or tail (out) of (someone or something) make head or tail of make head or tail of something, to be unable to make heads or tails (out) of (someone or something) make heads or tails of nose to tail not able to make head nor tail (out) of (something) not able to make head or tail (out) of (something) not able to make head or tail of not able to make heads nor tails (out) of (something) not able to make heads or tails (out) of (something) on (one's) coattails on (one's) tail on somebody's coat-tails on somebody's tail on someone’s tail on someone's coattails on someone's coat-tails on tail on the coattails of (someone) on the coat-tails of someone/something on your tail piece of tail pin the tail on the donkey put (one's) tail up put salt on the tail of put salt on the tail of (someone or something) ride (on) the coattails of (someone) ride on (one's) coattails ride on someone's/something's coat-tails ring-tailed snorter run away with (one's) tail between (one's) legs shavetail sit on (one's) tail sit on someone's tail skin an eel by the tail sting in the tail tail (something) in(to) (something) tail after tail away tail between one's legs, with one's tail down tail 'em, nail 'em, and jail 'em tail end tail end (of something) tail into tail into (something) tail off tail out tail out (from something) tail wagging the dog tail wagging the dog, the tail-end tails the long tail the tail end the tail end of something the tail wagging the dog the tail wags the dog tickle the dragon's tail tiger by the tail tiger by the tail, to have a top and tail top and tail something turn tail turn tail and run turn tail, to twist the lion's tail two shakes of a lamb’s tail two shakes of a lamb's tail wagtail whale tail with (one's) tail between (one's) legs with (one's) tail up with one's tail between one's legs, (to go off with) with tail between legs with your tail between your legs with your tail up within (one's) rights work (one's) tail off work one’s tail off work one's fingers to the bone work one's tail off, to work tail off References in classic literature "Very well," answered Nick, "the broom shall be used for a tail," and he fastened it firmly to the back end of the sofa body. The Marvelous Land of Oz Can't you see that we're both Pups in the Wood and the missis is the cruel uncle after you with the dish towel and me with the flea liniment and a pink bow to tie on my tail. Why not cut that all out and be pards forever more?" "I'm going to call you 'Pete,'" says my master; and if I'd had five tails I couldn't have done enough wagging to do justice to the occasion. The Four Million In the morning came the fox again and met him as he was beginning his journey, and said, 'Go straight forward, till you come to a castle, before which lie a whole troop of soldiers fast asleep and snoring: take no notice of them, but go into the castle and pass on and on till you come to a room, where the golden bird sits in a wooden cage; close by it stands a beautiful golden cage; but do not try to take the bird out of the shabby cage and put it into the handsome one, otherwise you will repent it.' Then the fox stretched out his tail again, and the young man sat himself down, and away they went over stock and stone till their hair whistled in the wind. You must go straight on till you come to the castle where the horse stands in his stall: by his side will lie the groom fast asleep and snoring: take away the horse quietly, but be sure to put the old leathern saddle upon him, and not the golden one that is close by it.' Then the son sat down on the fox's tail, and away they went over stock and stone till their hair whistled in the wind. At twelve o'clock at night the princess goes to the bathing-house: go up to her and give her a kiss, and she will let you lead her away; but take care you do not suffer her to go and take leave of her father and mother.' Then the fox stretched out his tail, and so away they went over stock and stone till their hair whistled again. Then the old fox came once more, and scolded him for not following his advice; otherwise no evil would have befallen him: 'Yet,' said he, 'I cannot leave you here, so lay hold of my tail and hold fast.' Then he pulled him out of the river, and said to him, as he got upon the bank, 'Your brothers have set watch to kill you, if they find you in the kingdom.' So he dressed himself as a poor man, and came secretly to the king's court, and was scarcely within the doors when the horse began to eat, and the bird to sing, and princess left off weeping. Fairy Tales When Bobby came up from Deolali and took his place among the Tail Twisters, it was gently but firmly borne in upon him that the Regiment was his father and his mother and his indissolubly wedded wife, and that there was no crime under the canopy of heaven blacker than that of bringing shame on the Regiment, which was the best-shooting, best-drilled, best set-up, bravest, most illustrious, and in all respects most desirable Regiment within the compass of the Seven Seas. But best of all was the occasion when he moved with the Tail Twisters in review order at the breaking of a November day. The review ended in a glorious chase across the plain - batteries thundering after cavalry to the huge disgust of the White Hussars, and the Tyneside Tail Twisters hunting a Sikh Regiment till the lean, lathy Singhs panted with exhaustion. The sickness in the out-villages spread, the Bazar was put out of bounds, and then came the news that the Tail Twisters must go into camp. On the Umballa platform waited a detachment of officers discussing the latest news from the stricken cantonment, and it was here that Bobby learned the real condition of the Tail Twisters. Bobby pressed his forehead against the rain-splashed window-pane as the train lumbered across the sodden Doab, and prayed for the health of the Tyneside Tail Twisters. Only A Subaltern I had been calling Nobs in the meantime and was about to set out in search of him, fearing, to tell the truth, to do so lest I find him mangled and dead among the trees of the acacia grove, when he suddenly emerged from among the boles, his ears flattened, his tail between his legs and his body screwed into a suppliant S. The game, however, seemed wary; for the instant the animals discovered us, they threw up their heads and tails and went cavorting off, those farther inland following the example of the others until all were lost in the mazes of the distant forest. The Land That Time Forgot
随便看	take someone/something on take (someone, something, or some place) by storm take (someone's or something's) place take (someone's or something's) pulse until then until we meet again until you are blue in the face untimely unto unturned unvarnished unvarnished truth unvarnished truth, the unwashed unwritten unwritten law unwritten rule up up a blind alley up a creek up against up against a brick wall up against it up against it/the wall up against (something)