sovražnik mu je bil tik za petami

1) (the part of an animal, bird or fish that sticks out behind the rest of its body: The dog wagged its tail; A fish swims by moving its tail.) rep

2) (anything which has a similar function or position: the tail of an aeroplane/comet.) rep

- - tailed

- tail-end

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rep; trtica; spodnji del; konec (sprevoda itd.); zadnji del pluga; stran kovanca z napisom; spremstvo; najslabši igralci kakega moštva, odpadki; stranka, privrženci; žaket, frak, škric, vlečka (obleke); plural colloquially družabna obleka

tail of a — letter konec pisma

tail of the trenches military najbolj sprednji jarki

tail of gale — konec nevihte

tail of a stream — tih, miren tok reke

tail margin — spodnji beli rob strani (knjige)

tails up figuratively dobre volje, vesel

tail of a musical note — del note pod črto

close on s.o. 's tail — komu tik za petami

cow's tail — figuratively razcefran konec vrvi

the dirty end of the cow's tail — figuratively spolzko govorjenje (pogovor)

heads or tail? — glava ali napis? (vprašamo, če mečemo kovanec v zrak za odločitev v kaki stvari)

with his tail between his legs figuratively ves preplašen, kot polit cucek

to be unable to make head or tail of s.th. — ne se spoznati, ne se moči znajti v čem

to drop a pinch of salt on the tail of a bird (a hare); humorously natresti ptiču (zajcu) soli na rep (da bi ga ujeli)

to go into tails figuratively hitro rasti

my son has gone into tails — moj sin je oblekel svoj prvi žaket

to follow the tail of a plough — držati plug za ročaj, biti kmetovalec

he had the enemy on his tail — sovražnik mu je bil tik za petami

she looked at me out of the tail of her eye — skrivaj, s koncem očesa me je pogledala

to put one's tail between one's legs — stisniti rep med noge, zbežati

to turn tail — obrniti hrbet, planiti v beg, pete pokazati, popihati jo

to twist s.o.'s tail — figuratively nadlegovati ali dolgočasiti koga

to twist the lion's tail — mučiti, izzivati leva (aluzija na tuje časnikarje ali govornike, ki izzivalno žalijo Anglijo)

to walk at the tail of a cart — hoditi za vozom

the tail wags the dog — rep miga s psom, figuratively najneumnejši (najmanj pomembni) komandira, vlada;

najbolj zadajšnji, zadnji, končni, repni

dodati (čemu) rep; tvoriti konec (sprevoda, pogreba itd.); skrivaj slediti (komu); prirezati rep, prijeti ali vleči za rep; odtrgati pecelj (sadežu); čuvati (koga); privezati (z enim koncem) (to na); intransitive verb tvoriti rep; biti z enim koncem pritrjen v zid (npr. greda); sport pustiti se vleči (po strmini navzgor)

to tail to the tide, to tail up and down the stream — dvigati in spuščati se na plimi (o zasidrani ladji);

juridically omejitev dedne pravice, omejena lastninska pravica; premoženje, ki more pripasti samo otrokom lastnika

estate in tail male — imetje, ki lahko preide samo na moške dediče

a tenant in tail — uživalec premoženja, ki mora pripasti njegovim naravnim dedičem