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con el rabo entre las patas

adv.

with the tail between the legs

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rabo
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1      (Zool)   tail
MODISMOS con el rabo entre las piernas      with one's tail between one's legs
MODISMOS queda el rabo por desollar      the hardest part is still to come
♦   rabo cortado   docked tail
♦   rabo de buey   oxtail
  →   cabo     →   2

2 *** (=pene) cock *** , dick ***
♦ rabo verde (CAm) dirty old man *

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con el rabo entre las piernas	adv.	with the tail between the legs
con el rabo entre las piernas	exp.	with one's tail between one's legs	(MODISMOS)
entró saltando a la pata coja	exp.	he came hopping in
entre sí: las mujeres hablaban entre sí	exp.	the women were talking among(st) themselves
le entró el canguelo justo antes de entrar	exp.	he got the jitters just before he went in
entre amigos	adv. adj.	among friends
entre comillas	adv.	within quotation marks
entre cubiertas	adv.	between decks
entre hombres	adv.	man-to-man
entre iguales	adj.	peer-to-peer	[INFO]
entre limites	adv.	within limits
entre límites	adv.	within limits
entre manos	adv.	in hands
entre nosotros	adv. adj.	strictly between ourselves
entre parentesis	adv.	in brackets
entre pares	adj.	peer-to-peer	[INFO]
entre paréntesis	adv.	in brackets
entre rejas	adv.	behind bars
entre semana	adv.	on weekdays
entre tanto	adv.	meanwhile
entre bambalinas	exp.	behind the scenes
entre bastidores	exp.	behind the scenes
entre comillas	exp.	in inverted commas
entre comillas	exp.	in quotes
entre ellos	exp.	between them
optar entre	exp.	to choose {o} decide between
entre paréntesis	exp.	parenthetical
entre paréntesis	exp.	incidental
entre paréntesis	exp.	parenthetically

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