1.   The dog tucked its tail between its legs and slinked away.

2.   A fearful animal holds its ears down, tucks its tail under its body and may shake, growl or back away.

3.   But the Bulldogs coach meekly tucked his tail between his legs.

4.   Jordan would soon be discouraged and tuck tail back to the NBA after embarrassing himself by trying to hit a baseball.

5.   So Subaru, a unit of Fuji Heavy Industries, tucked its tail between its legs and radically changed its advertising strategy.

6.   They have to play against the odds, or tuck tail and run.

7.   They tuck their tails between their legs and start conforming to the new norm.

8.   This was after an Airbus executive pointedly hinted at the show that McDonnell Douglas was going to tuck tail and quit the business.