turn tail
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The men in front of me turned tail like a dog that had been whistled home, and fled like the wind.
Другие идиомы:
- turn the heat up on (someone)
- turn over (an engine)
- turn the clock back
- turn thumbs down (on something)
- take a turn for the better
- turn one's back on (someone or something)
- turn the trick
- turn in (someone)
- turn thumbs down on (someone or something)
- turn a profit
- turn off (somewhere)
- turn off (someone)
- turn (someone's) head
- turn of the century
- turn over