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the tail of a dog

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  • the tail wagging the dog — (informal) A situation in which the less important element or factor controls or influences the more important • • • Main Entry: ↑tail * * * the tail wagging the dog see ↑tail, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑dog the tail wagging the dog informal used to …   Useful english dictionary

  • (the) tail wagging the dog — the tail wagging the dog informal phrase used for saying that a situation is stupid because something important is being decided or controlled by something less important Thesaurus: words used to describe situations and circumstanceshyponym… …   Useful english dictionary

  • (the) tail (is) wagging the dog — the tail (is) wagging the ˈdog idiom used to describe a situation in which the most important aspect is being influenced and controlled by sb/sth that is not as important Main entry: ↑tailidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • (the) tail wagging the dog — if you describe a situation as the tail wagging the dog, you mean that the least important part of a situation has too much influence over the most important part. Steve thinks we should buy an orange carpet to match the lampshade but I think… …   New idioms dictionary

  • the tail wags the dog — I the less important or subsidiary factor, person, or thing dominates a situation; the usual roles are reversed the financing system is becoming the tail that wags the dog II see tail I …   Useful english dictionary

  • the tail wagging the dog — minority controlling the majority    If criminals get more rights, the tail will be wagging the dog …   English idioms

  • the tail wagging the dog — Meaning An item of group of minor importance influencing events more than its larger and more important neighbour. S.J. Perelman, the US humorist, used the phrase for a nice wittism after escaping the attentions of a group of prostitutes A case… …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion — This means that it is better to be the head or at the top of something that isn t very important or prestigious than a small or unimportant member of something big …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • the tail wagging the dog — informal used for saying that a situation is stupid because something important is being decided or controlled by something less important …   English dictionary

  • Dog anatomy — includes the same internal structures that are in humans. Details of structures vary tremendously from breed to breed, more than in any other animal species, wild or domesticated,[1] as dogs vary from the tiny Chihuahua to the giant Irish… …   Wikipedia

  • Dog attack — Classification and external resources Dogs typically attack using their teeth[1] ICD 10 …   Wikipedia

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