كيف تنطق "chase your tail"
expression
ˈtʃeɪs/ /ˈjɔɹ/, /ˈjʊɹ/ /ˈteɪɫ
CHAYS yoor TAYL
tʃˈeɪs/ /jˈɔː/ /tˈeɪl
ch-AYS yaw TAYL
التعريف
To be very busy doing many things, but not achieving much, like working very hard with little or no result.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
ˈtʃeɪs/ /ˈjɔɹ/, /ˈjʊɹ/ /ˈteɪɫ
الإنجليزية البريطانية
tʃˈeɪs/ /jˈɔː/ /tˈeɪl
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
CHAYS yoor TAYL
بريطاني
ch-AYS yaw TAYL
استمع في السياق
I spent all morning chasing my tail at work.
Sometimes I feel like I’m just chasing my tail at home.
We’re chasing our tails trying to fix this problem.
After hours of emails, I realized I was just chasing my tail and nothing got done.