the thin end of the wedge

释义

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

电影里这样说 · 1 部

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

在完整场景里学

• 绅士们2020
  • 豪宅里兜售故事报价：old school（老派）
  • 饭局上互相试探：pull the plug on（叫停）
  • 带买家参观大麻帝国：pay top dollar（出最高价）

同一词条的短语

• 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