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à la queue gît le veninThe sting is in the tail.Rate it:

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a pig might have a long tale but its tail is always short!A hypocrite always keeps giving excuses & making stories, but his/her supporter & power base are always short! So, if anyone earnestly try to get rid of that hypocrite's tyranny and torcher, that is very much feasible as history supports that hypocrites never win!Rate it:

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biting the cat's tailmaking a risky decisionRate it:

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chase one's tailTo busily try to perform many tasks or to repeatedly revise one's plans, especially with inefficient use of one's time and limited results.Rate it:

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chase tailPartner.Rate it:

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cheese downTo coil the tail of a rope on deck so as to present a neat appearance.Rate it:

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fishtailThe tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.Rate it:

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happily ever afterLiving happily until death. Typically associated with fairy tales.Rate it:

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have a tiger by the tailTo be in a difficult or dangerous situation in which one ideally should not remain, but from which one cannot withdraw.Rate it:

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have the tiger by the tailTo be in a difficult or dangerous situation in which one ideally should not remain, but from which one cannot withdraw.Rate it:

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have the world by the tailTo possess great influence and opportunity.Rate it:

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high-tail itTo hurry or run; often, to flee.Rate it:

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il se retira l'oreille basseHe went away crestfallen.\nHe went away with his tail between his legs.Rate it:

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In Two Shakes of a Lamb's TailToo fast, immediately and at once without any delayRate it:

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j'y perds mon latinI cannot make it out; I am nonplussed; I can make neither head nor tail of it.Rate it:

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je lui frotterai les oreillesI will twist his tail for him.Rate it:

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je m'y perdsI am getting bewildered; I cannot make head or tail of it.Rate it:

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je n'y ai vu que du feuIt was impossible for me to find out how the thing was done (as it was done so quickly); It was done so quickly (or, cleverly) that I could not make head or tail of it.Rate it:

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long tailUsed other than as an idiom: The tail of a distribution that represents the rare occurrence of extreme values..Rate it:

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long tailSales made for less usual goods within a very large choice, which can return a profit through reduced marketing and distribution costs.Rate it:

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make head or tail ofTo determine to be good or bad.Rate it:

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make head or tail ofTo understand even minimally.Rate it:

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mettre du sel sous la queue d'un oiseauTo put salt on a bird’s tail.Rate it:

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piece of tailAlternative form of piece of ass.Rate it:

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pope's noseThe tail end piece of a cooked chicken.Rate it:

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tail awayTo gradually subside or diminish; to tail off.Rate it:

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tail between one's legsA reaction to a confrontation, specifically one with excessive shame and hurt pride.Rate it:

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tail inTo fasten by one of the ends into a wall or some other support.Rate it:

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tail offTo gradually subside or diminish; to tail away.Rate it:

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tail wagging the dogA minor or secondary part of something controlling the whole.Rate it:

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take a tiger by the tailLatch-on, accost, challenge, confront someone or something which is dangerous, threatening, vicious, harmful, explosive, oppressive, vindictive.Rate it:

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tally onTo man a rope for hauling, the men standing in a line or tail.Rate it:

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tickle the dragon's tailTo annoy an irritable person.Rate it:

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tickle the dragon's tailTo bring two subcritical masses close together in order to find the edge of criticality.Rate it:

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tickle the dragon's tailTo do something that has a risk of going catastrophically wrong.Rate it:

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turn tailTo flee; to run away; to leave.Rate it:

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whale tailAn automotive spoilerRate it:

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whale tailAn unintentional display of a thong etc above the waistband of trousers etc.Rate it:

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whale tailUsed other than as an idiom: The tail of a whale.Rate it:

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work one's tail offWork excessively or to the point of exhaustion.Rate it:

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