Stock prices are in a tailspin.
The team went into a tailspin and lost six straight games.
The news of his death sent her into a tailspin. [=caused her to become very unhappy, to lose control of her life, etc.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
tail|spin — tail spin, or tail|spin «TAYL SPIHN», noun. 1. the downward spiraling movement of an airplane with the nose first and the tail spinning above it; spin. 2. Informal, Figurative. mental confusion or agitation; panic … Useful english dictionary
tail spin — tail spin, or tail|spin «TAYL SPIHN», noun. 1. the downward spiraling movement of an airplane with the nose first and the tail spinning above it; spin. 2. Informal, Figurative. mental confusion or agitation; panic … Useful english dictionary
Tail Spin — Infobox Film name = Tail Spin image size = caption = director = Roy Del Ruth producer = writer = Frank Wead narrator = starring = Alice Faye Constance Bennett Nancy Kelly Joan Davis Charles Farrell Jane Wyman music = cinematography = editing =… … Wikipedia
tail\ spin — See: go into a tail spin … Словарь американских идиом
Tail spin — state of utter confusion; flat spin … Dictionary of Australian slang
tail spin — Australian Slang state of utter confusion; flat spin … English dialects glossary
into a tail spin — See: GO INTO A TAIL SPIN … Dictionary of American idioms
into a tail spin — See: GO INTO A TAIL SPIN … Dictionary of American idioms
into\ a\ tail\ spin — See: go into a tail spin … Словарь американских идиом
spin — spinnability, n. spinnable, adj. /spin/, v., spun or (Archaic) span, spun, spinning, n. v.t. 1. to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers: Pioneer women spun yarn on spinning wheels. 2. to form (the fi … Universalium
