wag the dog
声东击西，转移注意力
口语·政治或商业·形容转移注意力
英文释义
to deliberately divert attention from something important by focusing on something trivial or insignificant
例句
The government started a small war to wag the dog from the economic crisis.
典故来源
源自1997年同名电影，但短语本身更早出现，源于“the tail wags the dog”，指用小事转移对大事的注意力。