With your tail between your legs In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "with your tail between your legs", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Evelyn Nguyen calendar 2021-01-27 10:01

Meaning of With your tail between your legs

With your tail between your legs prepositional phrase

Be embarrassed and ashamed when one has been defeated or failed

After losing that game, she went home with her tail between her legs.

The professor pointed out a few miscalculations in my new project. I went out of his office with my tail between my legs.

I ran away with my tail between my legs when I mistook a stranger for my boyfriend.

I lost my purse because of my carelessness. I came back home with my tail between by legs.

Other phrases about:

Name and shame

To publicly say that an individual or organization has done something wrong or illegal 

wish the ground would swallow (one) up

Wish one could escape from a really uncomfortable or embarrassing situation

never live (something) down

Cannot stop feeling shamed or embarrassed or forget about what you have done 

put (someone or something) to shame

1. To shame someone/something.
2. To achieve better results than someone/something.

 

be not above (doing something)

To do something that is supposed to be disgraceful or embarrassing without feeling ashamed.

Grammar and Usage of With your tail between your legs

Origin of With your tail between your legs

16 Useful Clues for Anyone Who Wants to Understand Dogs Better - Small Joys
A dog with its tail between its legs.
(Source: Internet)

This is the action of a dog when it is defeated or punished.

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have a romantic or sexual relationship with or marry someone much younger than oneself.
Example: The middle aged man robbed the cradle with the teenager.
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