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 thumbs down (on something)
- take a new turn
- turn down (something)
- take a turn for the better
- turn off (somewhere)
- turn over (something) to (someone)
- turn in (someone)
- turn on one's heel
- turn one's hand to (something)
- turn out (something)
- turn in (something)
- turn over (an engine)
- turn to (someone or something)
- turn out (someone)
- to turn over