I need a bathroom fast because I am starting to grow a tail.
grow a tail
idiomto be nearly about to defecate, to the point of being unable to completely hold it in
Origin
disputed origin* All three meanings are related to defecation, in three different ways. * Grow comes from the ideas of expansion (after emergence), either sudden (as in senses 1 and 3) or gradual (as in s. 2). * Tail refers to the fecal matter itself, namely its shape (especially that of a “log”; and esp. in sense 3) and the side of the body whence it is expeled (the back side, where a tail would have been located).
The traffic jam lasted for hours, and I was really starting to grow a tail by the time we reached the exit.
After consuming the questionable street food, he realized with mounting panic that he was beginning to grow a tail and desperately scanned the street for a public restroom.
- 01
absence makes the heart grow fonder
One feels more love or affection for those one loves when parted from them.
- 02
chase one's tail
To busily try to perform many tasks or to repeatedly revise one's plans, especially with inefficient use of one's time and limited results.
- 03
chase tail
To be on the hunt for a (usually sexual) partner.
- 04
grow a pair
To be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation in which one has so far failed to do so.
- 05
grow a set
Synonym of grow a pair.
- 06
grow apart
To gradually become estranged.
- 07
grow cold
To wane; to lose interest or enthusiasm for something or someone; to become disenchanted or to fall out of love with someone.
- 08
grow on
To become more likeable to someone.