flee in panic 落荒而逃

“落荒而逃”，或“落荒而走”，汉语成语，离开战场逃向荒野。形容战败后仓皇逃命，也泛指一般斗争中的惨败。可以翻译为“be defeated and flee，flee in panic或run for life frantically”等。

例句：

敌舰严重受创，落荒而逃。

Badly damaged, the enemy ship turned tail hurriedly.

敌人被我军打得落荒而逃。

The enemy was defeated by our army and fled.