赶了半天 还是赶了个尾巴
“we hurried all the way yet only caught the tail end.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我的真神娘娘啊
“Oh, my goodness,”
赶了半天 还是 赶了个尾巴
“we hurried all the way yet only caught the tail end.”
我说怎么堂堂祯掌事 这饭吃到一半就逃席了呢
“I was wondering why the great Manager Zhen would sneak away halfway through the banquet.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Rushing frantically only to catch the tail end shows an effort to maintain decorum and respect commitments, even when arriving late.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
barely caught the tail end of something
Use this colloquial idiom to describe arriving at an event, meal, or opportunity just as it is wrapping up.
rushed for a long time
A spoken expression emphasizing long, exhausting effort spent hurrying somewhere.
