When humans blossomed from the evolutionary tree, it seems there was a cold wet nose and a wagging tail waiting for us.

CNN: Quest for man's best friend

The wolf is at the door, but he is wagging his tail.

NPR: Excerpt: 'All Art Is Propaganda'

In a typical case of tail wagging dog, says Mr de Waal, Azerbaijan sabotaged moves to reopen the border between Turkey and Armenia in 2009.

ECONOMIST: Nagorno-Karabakh's future

He meant that the tactical tail was wagging the strategic dog.

ECONOMIST: Military strategy