See la queue entre les jambes on Wiktionary
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"Composé de queue et de jambe."
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"text": "S’en aller, partir la queue entre les jambes."
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"text": "Il a l’attitude lourde et imbécile des patauds indécis, et se présente là « la queue entre les jambes »."
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"ref": "Richard Martineau, La CAQ perdue sur l’île de Gilligan, Le Journal de Québec, 24 mai 2023",
"text": "On est allé demander de nouveaux pouvoirs à Ottawa, Ottawa nous a répondu de manger de la chnoute et on est revenu la queue entre les jambes."
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"word": "tail between one's legs"
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"word": "podviti rep"
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"roman": "me tin ura sta skelia",
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"word": "con la coda fra le gambe"
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"word": "partir com un can curt"
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"word": "meter o rabo entre as pernas"
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"word": "dihouzé come ene trawêye vexheye"
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