| 单词 | to sit on a person's tail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sit on a person's tail P11. Originally Air Force slang. to sit on a person's tail: to follow very closely behind a plane in order to shoot it down; (hence) to follow very closely behind a vehicle, person, etc., typically while waiting for a chance to overtake; cf. to be on someone's tail at tail n.1 11h. ΚΠ 1917 Youth's Compan. 18 Oct. 576/1 An enemy descends on you from the clouds above and, ‘sitting on your tail’, weaves a wreath of bullets from a machine gun round you. 1936 Irish Times 18 May (City ed.) 7/3 There is nothing more unnerving than to have another driver, with a car apparently as fast as yours, sitting ‘on your tail’ for lap after lap. 1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 26 Aug. If you've got some guy who's sitting on your tail who's just about as fast as you are.., you just break the wind for him and he's nice and fresh at the end and for sure he's going to beat you. 2009 M. Beaumont Man who cycled World (2011) 341 A guy sat on my tail revving, despite loads of room to overtake. < as lemmas |
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