with one's tail up

English

confidently
- 2024 August 29, Alex Mills, “Larne headed for Conference League group stages as Andy Ryan hat-trick secures historic Play-Off joy”, in Belfast Telegraph‎^[1]:
  Seconds later Nano’s monster throw-in from the left was recycled to the wing-back and, when he produced the most delicious of deliveries, the totally unmarked Lopes drilled home from six yards.
  Now with their tails up, Toni tried his luck with a dipping effort from distance that had Ferguson at full stretch once again.