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单词 the thin end of the wedge
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the thin end of the wedge

informal An action or procedure of little importance that is likely to lead to more serious developments: a charge for nursery classes would be the thin end of the wedge and lead to charges for ordinary schooling...
  • He said: ‘I am concerned that this is the thin end of the wedge.’
  • It has been put to me that this is the thin end of the wedge.
  • But he has praised shared campuses - seen by some as the thin end of the wedge - where Catholic and Protestant children are taught separately but on the same premises in a bid to tackle religious hatred.
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