КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «WITH ONE'S TAIL BETWEEN ONE'S LEGS»
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with one's tail between one's legs в следующих библиографических источниках. Книги, относящиеся к слову
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one's legs J^^SJl ...
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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms
He seems a conscientious worker with regard to his appearance, time-keeping,
etc. with one's tail between one's legs in a cowed, abject, or miserable manner.
Nobody likes losing a game, but there's no need to crawl off the pitch with long ...
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Stra to Z
... Cow's-TAIL (nautical) = a frayed rope's-end, one not properly knotted : hence
HANGING IN COW'S TAILS (said of a badly kept ship) ; TAIL- END = the latter
part, the wind- up ; WITH ONE'S TAIL BETWEEN one's legs = cowed, humiliated,
...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1904
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Metaphor in Use: Context, culture, and communication
... “with one's tail between one's legs”, meaning dejected or humiliated (Oxford
English Dictionary). These expressions can be transferred from the animal to
human domains. On this basis, and after a puzzling deductive process, we may
arrive ...
Fiona MacArthur, José Luis Oncins-Martínez, Manuel Sánchez-García, 2012
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Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases
Upon this the wolves turned tail, and we sallied immediately upon near twenty
lame ones, whom wefound struggling on the ground. with one's tail between
one's legs informal in a state of great shame or dejection: the image is of a sick or
...
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Cherry Blossom Epiphany: The Poetry and Philosophy of a ...
Bashô's “Tail- thin-become” is idiom for fleeing with one's tail between one's legs
and petering-out in a pitiful manner. His ku pretends to be zoomorphic by
extending the metaphorical name into an allegory while remaining perfectly
natural, ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English: Abridged from ...
... cow's- tail, a frayed rope's-end, one not properly knotted : hence, hanging in
cow's tails (said of a badly kept ship) ; tail-end, the latter part, the wind-up; with
one's tail between one's legs, cowed, humiliated, conscious of defeat: also with
tau ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1905
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1001 IDIOMS TO MASTER YOUR ENGLISH: EVERY DAY ENGLISH IDIOMS
With one's tail between one's legs—They go off very ashamed, embarrassed and
humiliated because of defeat or mistake.) E.g. The defeated soldiers retreated
with their tail between their legs. Break a leg!—Good luck! (especially to actors) ...
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Lloyd's Encyclopædic dictionary
The post where the besiegers begin to break ground and cover themselves from
the fire of the defenders in advancing the lines of approach. (4) To turn tail : To
run away ; to shirk an •encounter. (5) With one's tail between one's legs : With a ...
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Universal dictionary of the English language: a new and ...
The post where the besiegers begin to break ground and cover themselves from
the Are of the defenders In advancing the lines of approach. (4) To turn tail l To
ran away ; to shirk an encounter. (5) With one's tail between one's legs : With a ...
Robert Hunter, Charles Morris, 1898
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «WITH ONE'S TAIL BETWEEN ONE'S LEGS»
Здесь показано, как национальная и международная пресса использует термин
with one's tail between one's legs в контексте приведенных ниже новостных статей.
Ask Dr. Downtown: Sporting Edition
To dispose of your awkward question and get down to brass tacks, Dr. Downtown ... at your using a word meaning to depart with one's tail between one's legs. «GoLocalProv, Янв 15»
Why America Should Return to the Monarchy
Correction: A Constitutional Monarchy. Here are a few things to make one feel better about going back to Mother England with one's tail between one's legs:. «Celebuzz, Окт 13»
