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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Turn tail

Consider the following sentence:



"In the weeks immediately after the bombing, I believed the last thing we should do was TURN TAIL and leave."



Is 'turn tail' a figure of speech?


And what does it mean? Is it a comparison to the dogs (and some other animals) when they feel afraid?

  

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