Crawl back to (someone) with (someone's) tail between (someone's) legs

Translation of "crawl back to (someone) with (someone's) tail between (someone's) legs" into Russian

After the failed project, he had to crawl back to his boss with his tail between his legs.

После проваленного проекта ему пришлось вернуться к своему начальнику с поджатым хвостом.