English Dictionary

tug one's forelock

動詞

自動詞

(intransitive, often satirical or contemptuous) To show deference or obsequious respect.

日本語の意味

（しばしば皮肉や軽蔑を伴って）へりくだった、または媚びた態度で尊敬を示す行動を意味する。

In that era, servants were expected to tug one's forelock whenever a noble passed by.

当時、貴族が通りかかると、召使いたちはへりくだって接することを求められていた。

意味（1）

(intransitive, often satirical or contemptuous) To show deference or obsequious respect.

These students were quite capable of tugging their forelocks while raising two fingers behind their backs (Newby, 1977), i.e. producing deferential behaviour as part of a more complicated game of manipulation.

tugs one's forelock （ present singular third-person ）

tugging one's forelock （ participle present ）

tugged one's forelock （ participle past ）

tugged one's forelock （ past ）