with tail between legs

1 畏缩

shy backward dastard shrinkingly shrink flinch wince cringe quail cower blench snool funk wither overawe with tail between the legs with the tail between legs

2 夹着尾巴地

with tail between the legs with the tail between legs

3 受挫

broken disappointed manque disappointedly break thwart balk come to pieces with tail between the legs with the tail between legs come unstuck

4 垂头丧气

dejected slouchy downcast crestfallen downhearted mopish dispiritedly droopingly slouchingly droop have tail down down in the mouth with tail between the legs with the tail between legs faint chapfallen hang head feel sorry for oneself