tail

tail idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with tail, also see bright-eyed and bushy-tailed; can't make head or tail of; get off one's tail; heads or tails; in two shakes (of a lamb's tail); on someone's coattails; tiger by the tail; turn tail; work one's fingers to the bone (tail off).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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