"tail wagging the dog" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 本末倒置

Definition

这个表达用于描述小部分或次要部分在控制整体，而不是相反。它形容细节或小群体对重要事务有过大影响的情形。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

通常用于批评权力失衡的情况，多用于非正式语境，特别在政治或商业 ('本末倒置')。比喻小事主导大局，常含有否定意味。

Examples

The small committee is making all the decisions. It's the tail wagging the dog.

那个小委员会做了所有决定。这就是**本末倒置**。

Letting one loud voice decide for everyone is the tail wagging the dog.

让一个大嗓门替大家做主就是**本末倒置**。

The side project gets all the funding—truly a tail wagging the dog situation.

侧项目获得所有资金——这完全是**本末倒置**。

Some say the media is the tail wagging the dog in our elections.

有人说媒体才是我们选举中的**本末倒置**。

It feels like the tail wagging the dog whenever small issues get more attention than the big problems.

每当小问题比大问题得到更多关注时，就像是**本末倒置**。

When a minor player controls the whole game, you know it's the tail wagging the dog.

当一个不起眼的角色主导整个游戏时，这就是**本末倒置**。