tail
Tail wagging the dog.
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This idiom or expression has to do with:
A minor situation (or item, or person, etc.,) affecting or controlling a much larger situation, as in tail wagging the dog instead of the other way around.
Should I believe the fox's word or the rooster's tail?
You're not telling the truth.
The story does not match the evidence.
They asked the fox "Who's your alibi/witness?" The fox said "My tail!!!"
You'd better find a more reliable alibi or witness.
The mouse couldn't go through the hole, it tied a broom to its tail.
When you can't handle a job, (or situation,) don't take on new responsibility.
My donkey didn't have a tail from the beginning.
Okay, I give up.
I had nothing to do with it.
Forget it, I don't know anything about it.
