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2. www.urdupoint.com › 4799 › tail-wagging-the-dogTail Wagging The Dog Meaning - Idiom Dictionary: UrduPoint

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   Meaning of Tail Wagging The Dog. Tail Wagging The Dog is an idiom. It is one of the most commonly used expressions in English writings. Tail Wagging The Dog stands for (idiomatic) A minor or secondary part of something controlling the whole.. Explore Urdupoint to find out more popular Idioms and Idiom Meanings, to amplify your writings.

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   Edited by Abdul Qadeer Drigh. COMMONLY TO URDU IDIOMS 1-14 A not to the wise and arod to the otherwise. A sinful man going to the bath in the Ganges. A bad penny always comes back. Business is business. Distance lends charm to the view. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. Beggars can't be choosers. All the roads lead to Rome.

4. www.merriam-webster.com › wordplay › wag-the-dogWag the Dog: Two Meanings of the Idiom - Merriam-Webster

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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."

5. rekhtadictionary.com › meaning-of-dogدوغ لفظ کے معانی | doG - Urdu meaning | Rekhta Dictionary

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   Find Urdu meaning of دوغ and related idioms and phrases in Rekhta Urdu Lughat. ... Urdu meaning of doG. ... Download Mobile app.

6. rekhtadictionary.comاردو لغت – اردو، ہندی اور انگریزی میں لفظوں کے معنی | ریختہ ...

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   اطلاعات اور معلومات حاصل کرنے کے لیے رکنیت لیں. ریختہ سہ لسانی لغت استعمال کے لیے دستیاب ہے۔. ریختہ لغت میں لفظوں کے معنی اردو، ہندی اور انگریزی زبان میں دیکھے جا سکتے ہیں۔. لفظوں کے ساتھ ان کا ...

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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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   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."

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   Did the Communists Wag a dog?

   • There was no compromise promised and no alteration of the tactics the Communists have adopted from the first of reserving the right of the tail to wag the dog. A 1997 film, directed by Barry Levinson, brought about a shortened version of the idiom, and added a new meaning.

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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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   Is Wag the dog a'superfluous military action'?

   • Although wag the dog was initially applied to Clinton, the sense of ‘superfluous military action to distract from domestic scandal’ has been too useful to leave in the 1990s, and has been applied to every subsequent president.

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   Is the tail wagging the dog a new version of Dundreary's conundrum?

   • It is a new version of Dundreary’s conundrum, a clear case of the tail wagging the dog, because it is stronger than the dog. There was no compromise promised and no alteration of the tactics the Communists have adopted from the first of reserving the right of the tail to wag the dog.

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8. rekhtadictionary.comUrdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English | Rekhta ...

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   grateful or agreeable to the mind or soul, pleasing, amusing, diverting, acceptable, agreeable. a staccato musical mode with quick tempo, kind of song to a quick air. curse, anathema, imprecation, reproach, reproof, rebuke. the celebration of of an engagement, betrothal, engagement. slaves of the same master in relation to one another, slave ...