| 词汇 | hightail it |
| 词源 | hightail it. Mustangs, rabbits, and other animals raise their tails high and flee quickly when they sense danger. Trappers in the American West noticed this, over a century ago, probably while hunting wild horses, and invented the expression to hightail it, to make a fast getaway. |
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