"tail" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

sustantivo + tail

Kolokacji: 34

lobster tail • pony tail • comet tail • tail of one's shirt • fish tail • ...

tail + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 42

tail end • tail feather • tail fin • tail section • tail light • tail surface • ...

tail + verbo

Kolokacji: 68

tail wagging • tail lashes • tail twitches • tail curls • tail swishes • ...

verbo + tail

Kolokacji: 49

turn tail • abandon after Red Tails • make tail • use one's tail • chase one's tail • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 6

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 7

(1) turn, abandon, flick, wrap, curl, ...

Kolokacji: 12

(2) make, get, hold, pull, cover, ...

Kolokacji: 20

(3) use, eat

Kolokacji: 2

(4) chase, bite, cut, work

Kolokacji: 4

1. chase one's tail = marnować swój czas (by wyrazić irytację z powodu osiągnięcia mizernych efektów mimo dużej ilości poświęconego czasu) chase one's tail

chase one's tails

2. bite one's tail = gryźć czyjś ogon bite one's tail

Perhaps the river no longer bites its own tail, but if that is so I cannot say where it goes instead.
It tried to bite its tail and fell over its own feet.
He bites his tail and Tom puts him at the bucket.
I've never met a wizard yet that didn't look like a rat about to bite the cat's tail and win.
But this can cause you to bite your tail even more quickly than the other.
For reasons best known to itself it was biting its own tail.
Don't try to sort that out; you'll bite your own tail.
They are like a snake biting its own tail.
In this respect the cat seems to have bitten its own tail.
Those teeth are really locked on, it has practically bitten its tail off!

3. cut off one's tail = odcinać czyjś ogon cut off one's tail

4. work off one's tail = praca daleko czyjś ogon work off one's tail

(5) put, lose, stand, sit, swallow

Kolokacji: 5

(6) wear, possess, lack

Kolokacji: 3

(7) tuck, tie

Kolokacji: 3

adjetivo + tail

Kolokacji: 94

long tail • short tail • black tail • bushy tail • prehensile tail • ...

preposición + tail

Kolokacji: 15

to tail • on one's tail • after Red Tails • at the tail • by the tail • ...

"tail" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tail sustantivo