IDIOM INSTRUCTIONS
1. Choose an idiom that interests you.
2. Research the origin of your idiom.
3. Verify that the idiom has sufficient word origin information to provide you with enough background data for your post.
4. Draft your post.
- Create a paper draft or create an online post draft
- Print out for revising and editing
- Find a picture or pictures to enhance your post (You may have them already uploaded to your draft)
5. Have a peer (classmate) assist you with revising and editing your draft.
- Revise writing to flow in a logical sequence
- Pare down wordiness or unnecessary information
- Correct grammar errors
- Verify that your sources received credit
- Check for plagiarism or verbiage too close to original text
6. Post idiom and explanation.
7. Print a copy of your post for the instructor for final revising and editing.
8. Complete final revising and editing online.
9. AFTER all idioms have been posted and FINAL revising and editing has been completed, you will be notified by the instructor to post comments on two idioms posted by your peers.
The tail is wagging the dog
Origin:The tail is wagging the dog originated in the US. There is nowhere that we can locate this saying from, other than prints of papers/magi zines from the US."Calling to mind Lord Dundreary's conundrum, the Baltimore American thinks that for the Cincinnati Convention to control the Democratic party would be the tail wagging the dog."--The Daily Republican, April 1872Meaning:Something small controls the whole situation.Reference:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/341850.htmlhttp://www.loreenleedy.com/images/01wag.jpg
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1 comment:
I've never heard this expression before. Interesting.
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