pull the devil by the tail (English, verb)
expansion: pull the devil by the tail (third-person singular simple present pulls the devil by the tail, present participle pulling the devil by the tail, simple past and past participle pulled the devil by the tail)
Senses:
glosses: To be struggling with poverty, constantly in money difficulties.
raw_tags: of a person
Forms:
form: pulls the devil by the tail
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pulling the devil by the tail
tags: participle
present
form: pulled the devil by the tail
tags: participle
past
form: pulled the devil by the tail
tags: past