The rationale for the failure of stock markets to
turn tail the instant that interest rates begin to rise is that, more often than not, rising interest rates go hand-in-hand with a strong economy, not a weak one.
If you come face-to-face with a fox it will generally pause, give you the once over, and
turn tail. In towns however they do become used to people, they realise that we are not a threat.
IN Iraq the US are about to
turn tail and skulk away blaming the Iraqis for not wanting their help.
Says Young: "Our contrarian instincts tell us to look for bargains if more risk averse investors
turn tail."
Since most cats
turn tail if confronted with a dog, Marker wondered if cheetahs would avoid farms that were guarded by barking pooches.
It is a captivating but confusing time for the swaggering, bungling 21-year-old who has already earned himself the nickname "Runaway" due to his tendency to
turn tail when the going gets tough.
But in some cases it's much wiser just to
turn tail and run--or, as research at the Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport shows, to turn fin and swim.
As the waves of homesickness hit me, I just wanted to
turn tail and flee home.
What made him
turn tail? Well, I was wearing a knotted hanky on my head and an outsize T-shirt down to my knees.