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the 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
Example
In this company, it feels like the marketing department is the tail wagging the dog, as their demands and preferences dictate the overall business strategy.
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.
