turn-tail

常见例句

As soon as they see us come they turn tail and run.
他们一看见我们来了,掉头就跑。
But that's no reason to turn tail and run whenever Khomeini shouts Yankee, Go home!
但这并不构成每当霍梅尼大叫“老美，滚回去！”时掉头就跑的理由。
As soon as they saw us coming they turned tail and ran.
他们一看见我们来了，掉头就跑。
Badly damaged, the enemy ship turned tail hurriedly.
敌舰严重受创落荒而逃。
You are the third to talk to the audience. Surely you don't want to turn tail!
安排了你第三个发言,你可不要脚底了!
Without saying a word he had turned tail.
他一句话也没说就跑了。