the tip of the iceberg

Meaning

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   only a small part of a much larger problem

   That might just be the tip of the iceberg.

In the movies · 1

• That might just be the tip of the iceberg.Bad Education2019
• New customers, new franchise... and that's just the tip of the iceberg, Sal.The Internship2013

Learn it in full scenes

• Bad Education2019
  • Frank Reassures an Angry Parent
  • Rachel Interviews School Officials
  • Bob Spicer Gives the School a Gift

From the same entry

• on the tip of your tongue
• it is tipping down
• tip the balance
• tip your hand
• tip the scales at
• tip the wink
• I take my hat off to
• tip off
• tip up

More idioms

• there's no such thing as a free lunch
• get the better of
• bits and pieces
• get your hands dirty
• on the road
• at a distance
• a high profile
• from top to bottom
• have a way with
• put in a word for
• take breath away
• with your eyes shut