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Traditional English :: tailcoat
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tailcoat.html - n. a man's morning or evening coat with a long skirt divided at the back into tails and cut away in front, worn as part of formal dress. |
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Traditional English :: tailcoat
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tailcoat.html - n. a man's morning or evening coat with a long skirt divided at the back into tails and cut away in front, worn as part of formal dress. |
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English Idioms :: tail
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tailcoat.html - {v. phr.} To stop bothering and constantly checking up on someone; quit hounding one. * /"Get off my case!" he cried angrily. "You're worse than the cops."/ Contrast: ON ONE'S CASE. |
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English Idioms :: tail
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tailcoat.html - See: COW'S TAIL, HEADS I WIN, TAILS YOU LOSE, MAKE HEAD OR TAIL OF, TURN TAIL. |
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English Idioms :: tail between one's legs
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tailcoat.html - {n. phr.} State of feeling beaten, ashamed, or very obedient, as after a scolding or a whipping. * /The army sent the enemy home with their tails between their legs./ * /The boys on the team had boasted they would win the tournament, but they went home with their tails between their legs./ (So called because a beaten dog usually puts his tail down between his legs and slinks away.) |
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English Idioms :: tail end
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tailcoat.html - {n.}, {informal} The end, farthest to the rear, last in line, nearest the bottom, or least important. * /John was at the tail end of his class./ * /Mary's part in the play came at the tag end, and she got bored waiting./ * /Bill waited at the crossing for the tag end of a freight to go by./ |
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