“the tail”

The following 3 entries include the term the tail.

wolf-in-the-tail

noun

: nonspecific debility of cattle compare hollow horn

the tail end

noun

: the last part of something

the tail wagging the dog

idiom

used to describe a situation in which an important or powerful person, organization, etc., is being controlled by someone or something that is much less important or powerful


What did you just call me?

  • brown chihuahua sitting on the floor with squinting eyes looking at the camera
  • Before we went to her house, Hannah told us her aunt was a flibbertigibbet.
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