turn tail

基本解释

If it is not squeaky clean, investors could turn tail, raising the country's borrowing costs.
如果這個市場不是一塵不染的（squeaky clean），投資者有可能撤離，從而提高了這個國家的借款成本。
At the Pentagon, however, senior naval officials appear smugly confident that the Chinese would turn tail once the U. S. carriers show up like the cavalry.
可是，五角大樓的資深海軍軍官卻有點滿不在乎，他們認爲一旦美國航空母艦像騎兵那樣在海上出現時，中國人就逃跑了。
Setting the issue of statistics aside, however, the second point is an even larger one: Just why is it time to turn tail and run simply because your tool of choice is not number one?
然而，撇開統計數字的問題不談，第二個問題更嚴重：爲什麽僅僅因爲所選的工具不是最好的就棄而不用？
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"And then I turn around and I see this little puppy dog looking up at me, wagging her tail,and uh, everything just left.I got calm.

At the first sign of trouble, an Israeli soldier says, the peacekeepers will turn tail and run.
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Whether the recent bearishness will run deeper or turn tail, time will tell.
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And then, just when we think it is ready to scale its final peak, gold could turn tail and run for the valley.
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