tail wagging the dog
ситуация, когда кто-либо незначительный держит всё под контролем
Jim is just a minor employee in the firm, yet he tries to give everyone orders; I think it's a case of the tail wagging the dog.
Другие идиомы:
- put on the dog
- dog-eat-dog
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- fight like cats and dogs
- let sleeping dogs lie
- shaggy dog story
- dog and pony show
- in the doghouse
- as clean as a hound's tooth
- see a man about a dog
- hair of the dog that bit one
- as sick as a dog
- as crooked as a dog's hind leg
- every dog has his day
- dog in the manger