turn tail

turn tail
1) обратиться в бегство, удрать, пуститься наутёк (обыкн. испугавшись препятствий, трудностей и т. п.)

...as soon as his back was turned the new boy snatched a stone, threw it, and hit him between the shoulders, and then turned tail and ran like an antelope. (M. Twain, ‘Tom Sawyer’, ch. I) — Но едва он повернулся спиной к незнакомцу, тот запустил в него камнем и угодил между лопатками, а сам кинулся бежать как антилопа.

‘Oh, my God!’ Gurske cried and threw the bottle at Flanagan's head and turned tail and ran. (I. Shaw, ‘Sailor off the Bremen and Other Stories’, ‘I Stand by Dempsey’) — - Черт подери! - воскликнул Гурский, швырнул бутылку в голову Фланагена, повернулся и пустился наутек.

It turns tail and runs to the French coast. (J. Steinbeck, ‘Once There Was a War’, ‘England’) — Самолет противника развернулся и полетел к берегу Франции.

2) отойти (от чего-л.), отказаться выполнять, бросить (что-л.) (из боязни, отвращения и т. п.)

...to turn tail on the job was equivalent to desertion. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Maid in Waiting’, ch. XIX) — ...бросить дело для них равносильно дезертирству.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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