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idiomthe tail (is) wagging the dogused in order to say that a small or unimportant part is controlling or affecting the whole of a situation or process:Often it happens that the tail wags the dog, and a new software development boosts the sales of a particular computer.The TV station's request to the Football Association to reschedule the match might be regarded as the tail wagging the dog.The relationship between a man's penis and the rest of his body often appears to be a classic case of the tail wagging the dog.
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