be (sitting) on (one's) tail



be (sitting) on (one's) tail

To follow close behind someone or something. Why is this guy sitting on my tail when I'm already going over the speed limit? The cops are definitely on our tail now—we have to turn ourselves in!
See also: on, tail

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Wobbe-Frisian
HendrikHEN-drik (Dutch, German)Dutch, German, Estonian
Amnon-Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Jacintahah-THEEN-tah (Spanish), hah-SEEN-tah (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
RoldÃO-Portuguese
Jocosa-Medieval English