Usage examples of "turn tail" in English with translation to Portuguese

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I saw a dog and its tail was cut short. Vi um cachorro cuja cauda tinha sido cortada.
Mathematicians are like French people: whatever you tell them they translate it into their own language and turn it into something totally different. Matemáticos são como os franceses: seja o que for que você disser a eles, eles traduzem em sua própria linguagem e transformam em uma coisa totalmente diferente.
In the cemetery, there is a statue of a snake biting its own tail. No cemitério, há uma estátua de uma serpente que se morde a cauda.
It's time to go to bed. Turn off the radio. É hora de ir para a cama. Desliguem o rádio.
A fish swims by moving its tail. Um peixe nada movendo a cauda.
Turn big problems into small ones, and make small problems into nothing. Transforme os problemas grandes em problemas pequenos, e reduza os pequenos a nada.
The fish swims by moving its tail. O peixe nada movendo a cauda.
Please turn left at the first corner. Por favor vire à esquerda na próxima curva.
The dog was wagging his tail. O cachorro estava mexendo o rabo.
Turn right at the crossroad. Vire à direita no cruzamento.
I saw a whale tail today. Eu vi a cauda de uma baleia hoje.
May I turn down the TV? Posso baixar a televisão?
A rabbit has long ears and a short tail. Um coelho tem orelhas longas e rabo pequeno.
Turn off the radio. Desligue o rádio.
The dog, wagging its tail, followed its master. O cachorro, balançando o rabo, seguia seu dono.
I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete. Eu peço à comunidade científica em nosso país, aqueles os quais nos proporcionaram as armas nucleares, para que façam agora dos seus grandes talentos causa da humanidade e paz mundial: conceda-nos os meios para renunciarmos essas armas nucleares impotentes e obsoletas.
Pleasure has a sting in its tail O riso está perto do pranto
The radio is too loud. Please turn the volume down. O rádio está alto demais. Por favor, abaixe o volume.
Talk of the wolf, and his tail appears Falar no mau, preparar-lhe o pau
Turn down the radio. Abaixe o rádio.
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