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   May 13, 2023 · The idiom “Wag the Dog” refers to a situation where someone distracts attention or diverts focus from a real issue by highlighting or fabricating another issue. The phrase originates from the saying “the tail wagging the dog,” where an insignificant part controls a much larger object.

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   The tail wagging the dog is an idiom that usually refers to something important or powerful being controlled by something less so. Its earliest use is in the 1858 play Our American Cousin. The 1997 film Wag the Dog shortened the phrase and added the additional meaning of "superfluous (military) action in order to distract from domestic scandal."

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   Hindi Translation of “WAG” | The official Collins English-Hindi Dictionary online. Over 100,000 Hindi translations of English words and phrases.

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   wag (noun) = causing to move repeatedly from side to side. Synonyms: wag, waggle, shake. wag (verb) = move from side to side. Synonyms: wag, waggle. Usage: The happy dog wagged his tail. Other words to learn. unnervingly meaning in Hindi. coastline meaning in Hindi. wheel meaning in Hindi.

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   Mar 1, 2018 · Before the film Wag the Dog and its allusive application to the Clinton scandal, the idiom wag the dog was more commonly used with or in reference to the full phrase, the tail wagging the dog, i.e., a reversal of proper roles. Since then, wag the dog has come to be used on its own and as a term for a political diversion.

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   What does it mean to 'wag the dog'?

   • To "wag the dog" means focusing so intensely on a minor issue that we fail to address more important ones. It's similar to 'putting the cart before the horse' or 'not seeing the forest for the trees'. Wagging the dog can also refer to doing this on purpose, dealing with confused priorities.

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   What does waging a dog mean?

   • For the tail to wag the dog, then and now, indicates a backwards situation where a small or unimportant entity (the tail) controls a bigger, more important one (the dog).

   wag the dog Meaning & Origin | Slang by Dictionary.com

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   Where did the word Wag come from?

   • “Wag,” meaning “habitual joker” or “rascal” from the 1550s, may have been a nominalization of the verb “wag” (c. 1300s), which meant “waver, lack steadfastness,” and was derived from Scandinavian (vagga, “cradle”), Old Swedish (wagga, “fluctuate, rock [a cradle]”), and Old English (wagian, “move backwards and forwards”).

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   What does tail wagging the dog mean?

   • The tail wagging the dog is an idiom that usually refers to something important or powerful being controlled by something less so. Its earliest use is in the 1858 play Our American Cousin. The 1997 film Wag the Dog shortened the phrase and added the additional meaning of "superfluous (military) action in order to distract from domestic scandal."

   Wag the Dog: Two Meanings of the Idiom - Merriam-Webster

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   Where did the idiom wagging the dog come from?

   • Others have come from the world of theater, such as malapropism (“a usually humorous misapplication of a word or phrase”), from the name of a character in Richard Sheridan’s 1775 play The Rivals. And others still appear to have come from both media. An example of this is the idiom the tail wagging the dog.

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   Should a dog wag its own tail?

   • A dog should wag its own tail, but sometimes something less important can control something more powerful, and that is the original meaning of 'the tail wagging the dog.' Later usage of the idiom also added the meaning of military action to distract from domestic scandal, associated with the film 'Wag the Dog' and Bill Clinton's presidency.

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   wag the dog (third-person singular simple present wags the dog, present participle wagging the dog, simple past and past participle wagged the dog) (idiomatic, politics) To divert negative political attention by use of a military operation. When something powerful or important is being controlled by something that is less powerful or important.