turn tail

掉头就走打退堂鼓掉头就跑掉头走人

turn tail 的定义

  1. Run away, as in When they heard the sirens, the boys turned tail. This term alludes to an animal's turning its back in flight. [Mid-1500s]

turn tail 近义词

v. 动词 verb

turn and run away

更多turn tail例句

  1. So far, all the players seemed to be willing to wait their turn.
  2. Third parties in turn quibbled with his accounts, and he was irritated, but not overly so.
  3. An ace comedic turn that, in lesser hands, would come off as one-note.
  4. Who do you turn to now when you have a decision to make, when you have one less person to provide validation or advice?
  5. In other words, Florida clerks were no longer allowed to turn gay couples away.
  6. Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
  7. He shall give his mind to turn up furrows, and his care is to give the kine fodder.
  8. The dog stood with hanging head and tail, as if ashamed he had let so many of his enemies get away unharmed.
  9. Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
  10. Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!