尻しりに帆ほをかける

expression, ichidan verb

beat a hasty retreat; turn tail and run away; take to one's heels

Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'to hoist a sail on one's buttocks', used for fleeing quickly or making a hurried escape, often with a sense of panic or embarrassment.

• 警けい察さつが来くると聞きいて、彼かれは尻しりに帆ほをかけて逃にげ出だした。

  When he heard the police were coming, he turned tail and ran away.

• 失しっ敗ぱいがばれて、部ぶ長ちょうは会かい議ぎ室しつから尻しりに帆ほをかけて出でて行いった。

  When his mistake was exposed, the manager beat a hasty retreat from the meeting room.