| Subject | English | Russian |
| Makarov. | have one's tail between one's legs | поджимать хвост |
| Makarov., fig. | have one's tail between one's legs | поджать хвост |
| idiom. | leave with one's tail between one's legs | уйти поджав хвост (Taras) |
| gen. | put tail between legs | поджать хвост |
| Gruzovik, fig. | put one's tail between one's legs | подвернуть хвост |
| proverb | put one's tail between one's legs | поджать хвост |
| idiom. | put one's tail between one's legs | поджимать хвост (Taras) |
| Gruzovik, fig. | put one's tail between one's legs | опустить хвост |
| gen. | put tail between legs | стру́сить |
| gen. | put the tail between the legs | поджимать хвост (также перен.) |
| Gruzovik, prop.&figur. | put the tail between the legs | поджимать хвост |
| gen. | put the tail between the legs | поджать хвост (также перен.) |
| gen. | tail between one's legs | с видом побитой собаки (Interex) |
| gen. | tail between one's legs | поджав хвост (e.g.he went off with his tail between his legs aniraM) |
| slang | tail between one's legs | словно опущенный в воду (Mick and John lost the baseball game to the other college team and came home with their tails between their legs. == Мик и Джон продули матч по бейсболу команде из другого колледжа и пришли домой, словно опущенные в воду.) |
| slang | tail between one's legs | с опущенными ниже колен руками (от досады) |
| idiom. | tuck one's tail between one's legs | поджимать хвост (Taras) |
| prop.&figur., slang | with one's tail between one's legs | с поджатым хвостом |
| austral., slang | with one's tail between one's legs | жалкий |
| austral., slang | with one's tail between one's legs | несчастный |
| gen. | with one's tail between one's legs | поджав хвост |
| austral., slang | with one's tail between one's legs | униженный |
| austral., slang | with one's tail between one's legs | оскорблённый |
| gen. | with tail between legs | как побитая собака (Anglophile) |
| prop.&figur., slang | with one's tail between one's legs | с поджатым хвостом (When he saw the bear, he turned around and ran with his tail between his legs. || The guy ran off with his tail between his legs. • Back like a dog with his tail between his legs.) |
| austral., slang | with one's tail between one's legs | уничтоженный |
| gen. | with one's tail between one's legs | в страхе |
| gen. | with one's tail between the legs | струсив |
| gen. | with one's tail between the legs | поджав хвост |
| gen. | with the tail between the legs | струсив |
| gen. | with the tail between the legs | поджав хвост |
