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The venom is in the tail. The real difficulty is the conclusion. The allusion is to the scorpion, which has a sting in its tail.
The French say, “It is always most difficult to flay the tail” (C’est le plus difficile que d’ćcorcher la queue).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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