"I've got the world by the tail now," he said proudly.
But I've got a few ambitions by the tail and I'm not kicking about life.
Seems they think they've got a tiger by the tail.
In reality, they have got the world by the tail.
We got a pair of tigers by the tail.
"It was a matter of getting the tiger by the tail."
"Now we've got success by the tail; the question is how to manage it."
You've got something by the tail and I'll find out what it is.
I'm like the man that got the bear by the tail.
It looks like you've got a tiger by the tail.