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单词 with the tail between the legs
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with the tail between the legs
b. with the tail between the legs, lit. of a dog or other beast; figurative with a cowed and dejected demeanour.
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the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [adverb] > with tail between legs or erect
with the tail between the legsc1400
tail on end1790
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb] > of an animal
with the tail between the legsc1400
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adverb] > with the tail between the legs
with the tail between the legsc1400
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 59 A wood hound..renneþ hidirward & þidirward..wiþ..his tail bitwene hise leggis.
1842 F. A. Kemble Let. 6 May in Rec. Later Life (1882) II. 218 She has scornfully..departed with her tail over her shoulder, leaving the behind scenes of Her Majesty's Theatre with their tails between their legs.
1884 W. E. Norris Thirlby Hall xii We shall have you back here very soon..with your tail between your legs.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 22 Jan. 2/3 If this sneaking tail-between-the-legs policy is persisted in no more Church votes for the Union!
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