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the tail wagging the dog 

This means that the least important part of a situation has too much influence over the most important part.
Bob:Honey, let's buy new purple carpet to match the purple lamp shade.
Wife:This sounds like the tail wagging the dog.

Tail Wagging 

1. When you create events to happen to suit your agenda.
2. Manipulating the universe around you in such a way that you get what you want and no one knows you set it up.
3. Planned luck.
4. creating a 0% risk event for yourself or others.
The politician was caught Tail Wagging.
Tail Wagging by Slyke The Phoxenix January 3, 2009

Tail wagging the dog 

When a person allows their decisions to be dominated by someone who is clearly unfit for the role, rather than being responsible and taking control of the situation.
When parents let their children make the rules, instead of the other way around, is a prime example of the tail wagging the dog.
Tail wagging the dog by |SaltyJack| December 14, 2016

Tail-Wagger 

Someone or something that makes a person feel very happy or full of joy. A point in time that made or will make a person happy.
"John received that new set of golf clubs that he wanted for his birthday. It was a real tail-wagger." or "I'm really looking forward to that concert. It'll be real tail-wagger." or "Pat is my closest and best friend, a real tail-wagger."
Tail-Wagger by TimingPlus August 21, 2018

Tail Wagging 

1. When you create events to happen to suit your agenda.
2. Manipulating the universe around you in such a way that you get what you want and no one knows you set it up.
3. Planned luck.
4. creating a 0% risk event for yourself or others.
The politician was caught Tail Wagging.
The politician was caught Tail Wagging.
Tail Wagging by Slyke The Phoxenix October 19, 2007

Tail-wagger 

A tail-wagger is someone that follows a crowd or a movement without truly questioning the validity or purpose for it. TailTail-waggers often copy hashtags or wear pink kitten hats. They see others in the crowd doing something, so they want to be a part of something bigger than themselves. Kind of like when you want a dog to do a trick or behave a certain way, you reward it with a pat on the back and a treat and it wags its tail, because it's excited to have the approval of the boss.
Most protestors are just tail waggers.

People that jump.
The lead singer told everybody to lift their hands over their heads and clap a rhythm. Once a few people started, then all the tail-waggers joined in.
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