tail between one's legs

Etymology
From the body posture of a dog that is worried or frightened.

Phrase

 * 1) Defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner.

Translations

 * Dutch: de staart tussen de benen
 * Finnish: häntä koipien välissä
 * French:
 * Hebrew:
 * Macedonian: со подвиена опашка
 * Polish: z uszami spuszczonymi po sobie, z podwiniętym ogonem
 * Russian: поджа́в хвост
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: подвити реп, подвијеног репа
 * Roman: podviti rep, podvijenog repa
 * Spanish: con la cola entre las piernas
 * Swedish: med svansen mellan benen
 * Thai: หางจุกตูด