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the tail wagging the dog
the tail [is] wagging the dogthe tail wagging the dog
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used to refer to a situation in which a person or thing that is important or powerful is being led or controlled by a significantly less powerful or important person or thing
Disapproving
Idiom
Informal
Exemples
The media coverage focused so much on a trivial controversy that it became a case of the tail wagging the dog, overshadowing the more significant issues at hand.
