"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 • ...

frequent collocations

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

These people will have you running around chasing your own tail.
This one has really had the industry chasing its tail.
"We get paid for doing a little bit more than chasing our tails."
I'll start chasing my tail right now if it'll help.
"We could be chasing our tail for 10 years and end up with nothing," she said.
"What kind of money do you guys get for chasing your tails like this?"
And once he had a lawyer, we were going to be back to chasing our tails.
"Killing someone else while we sit here and chase our tails."
Two of you are like dogs, chasing your own tails.
"Go chase your tail," he added, and went back to reading his book.

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

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