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the tail wagging the dog
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 that would be a case of the tail wagging the dog.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Goronwy | | - | Welsh, Welsh Mythology |
Filibert | | FEE-lee-bert (German) | German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic |
Mehtap | | - | Turkish |
Bert | | BURT (English), BERT (German, Dutch) | English, German, Dutch |
Yana | | - | Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian |
Sumayya | | - | Arabic |