scratch/scrape the surface
to deal with only a very small part of a subject or a problem:
There's far more to be said - I've only had time to scratch the surface in this talk.
The amount of aid that has been offered is hardly going to scratch the surface of the problem.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Incomplete
- extent
- fragmentary
- imperfect
- imperfection
- in a manner of speaking idiom
- incomplete
- long
- long story short idiom
- part
- partial
- partially
- partly
- patchy
- point
- semi
- surface
- unfinished
- up to a point idiom
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