wag the dog
聲東擊西，轉移注意力
口語·政治或商業·形容轉移注意力
英文釋義
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.
典故來源
源自1997年同名電影，但短語本身更早出現，源于“the tail wags the dog”，指用小事轉移對大事的注意力。