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
QuinKWINEnglish (Rare)
ChristaKRIS-tah (German), KRIS-tə (English)German, Danish, English
DarionDER-ee-ən, DAR-ee-ənEnglish (Modern)
PinaPEE-nahItalian
FilipFEE-lip (Dutch), FEE-leep (Polish, Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Mac
DraŠKo-Serbian, Croatian