be chasing tail



be chasing your tail

to be very busy doing a lot of things, but achieving very little I've been chasing my tail all morning trying to fix a day when everyone can attend.
See also: chase, tail

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Elodia-Spanish
Konstantinakon-stahn-DEE-nahGreek
Shraga-Jewish
Melanija-Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, Latvian, Lithuanian
Dotty['dɔti]
BenjBENJEnglish