In the Edo period, criminals were sometimes subjected to the punishment of ear cutting.

I was fed up with his incessant talking.

The tail cutting of a lizard is done as a part of self-defense.

He completely ignored the problem.

He overcomes difficulties like a lizard's tail cut, which is an alternative form of 蜥蝪の尻尾切り.

He was surprised to hear the story of the lizard's tail cutting.