夹起尾巴 meaning in English

tuck one's tail

Now the thing for you to do is to droop your tails and go home and crawl in a hole
现如今你们该做的事嘛，就是夹起尾巴，回家去，往一个洞里钻进去。
The wolf clacked his teeth karay had not hold of his throat now , leaped with his hind - legs out of the hollow , and with his tail between his legs , pushed forward , getting away from the dogs again
豺狼的牙咯咯地响卡拉伊没有去掐它的喉咙，它用后脚一蹬，跳出了水坑，夹起尾巴，又复挣脱了猎犬，向前走去。
Another time the attention of all was attracted by a little brown dog , with its tail in the air , who had come no one knew from where , and was running about fussily in front of the ranks . all at once a cannon ball fell near it , and it squealed and dashed away with its tail between its legs
又有一次，所有的人都注意到了不知从哪儿冒出来的一只褐色的小狗，它把尾巴翘得高高的，满怀心事地迈着小碎步，跑到队伍前面，忽然，附近落下一颗炮弹，它尖叫一声，夹起尾巴，跳到一边去了。