tail wagging the dog

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A minor or secondary part of something which is controlling or dominating the whole or the main part. idiomatic

词源

First used in the 1858 play Our American Cousin. The shortened form wag the dog, with a political sense, was popularized by the film Wag the Dog (1997). For the verb phrase, see the tail wags the dog.
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