drag (one's) tail



drag (one's) tail

1. To deliberately work or perform slowly, sluggishly, or reluctantly; to idle rather than perform one's work or duties. Stop dragging your tail on that assignment, I need it finished by 3 o'clock. I'm so bored with work that I find myself dragging tail every day in the office.
2. To leave or depart from a place. You'd better drag your tail outta here before I get even more upset. It's the cops, we'd better drag tail!
See also: drag, tail

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Teodorte-AW-dawr (Polish), TE-o-dor (Croatian)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian,
Israel['izreiə]
FinneganFIN-ə-gənIrish, English (Modern)
DovDOVHebrew
RÓNÁNRON-awnIrish
Gebahard-Ancient Germanic