The tail wags the dog
小人物掌权
🧩 词语组成解析
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
tail
[teil]
n. 尾;尾部;燕尾服;尾随者;
vt. 跟踪;装上尾巴;
vi. 队伍单行行进时拉长或产生间隔;侦察队两两散开;[建筑学] 嵌上，搭上;
abbr. weighted agreement scores 加权的协议分数\\nv. （使）摇动, 摇摆( wag的第三人称单数 )
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
dog
[dɔɡ]
n. 狗;蹩脚货;丑女人;卑鄙小人;
v. 困扰;跟踪;
🗣️ 情景例句
Have you discussed it with your parents?
你和父母商量过了吗？
My little brother takes a bath before he goes to bed at night.
在他晚上睡觉以前，我的弟弟要洗一下澡。
From the moment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.
从他进医院那一刻时，他就缠住医生，让医生告诉他什么时候能回家。