出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第60页(204字)
失去靠山、无家可归者或失去了主子、惶张惊恐、无处投奔者,例在警方的四面围捕下,漏网的几个匪徒就像丧家之犬一般夹着尾巴落荒而逃。
The bandits who had been surrounded by the police managed to slip away like homeless curs.