the thin end of the wedge

釋義

1. （不好的事物的）端倪，冰山一角

   an event or action that is the beginning of sth more serious and / or unpleasant

電影裡這樣說 · 1 部

• This is the thin end of a very fat wedge, sir.The Gentlemen2020

在完整場景裡學

• 紳士們2020
  • 豪宅裡兜售故事報價：old school（老派）
  • 飯局上互相試探：pull the plug on（叫停）
  • 帶買家參觀大麻帝國：pay top dollar（出最高價）

同一詞條的短語

• be skating on thin ice
• disappear, vanish, into thin air
• have a thin time
• out of thin air
• thin on top
• a thin skin
• thick on the ground
• walk a fine line
• spread yourself too thin
• through thick and thin
• wear thin