| 词汇 | thin-end-of-the-wedge |
| 释义 | the thin end of the wedgeidiomUK the beginning of a harmful development: 事情糟糕的开始 Identity cards for students could be the thin end of the wedge - soon everyone might have to carry identification.学生需要出示身份证件可能还只是个开始——不久可能人人都要带着证件出门。 Beginnings and starts a baptism of/by fireidiom advent baptism beginning birth commencement inception initiation introduction jumping-off point kick off onset outbreak square starter starting point starting time thin trigger zero hour Examples of the thin end of the wedgethe thin end of the wedge It is thethinendofthewedge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This seems to be thethinendofthewedge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are concerned about whether this is thethinendofthewedge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not, as some have described it, thethinendofthewedge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is all very well to say that this is thethinendofthewedge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not for one moment did they think it was thethinendofthewedge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is, first, the argument about thethinendofthewedge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But surely the worst of all possible uses of thethinendofthewedge argument is that used today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not merely thethinendofthewedge; you are taking the wedge and hammering it half-way in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any reductions now could be thethinendofthewedge for the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People who call embryo research thethinendofthewedge are wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is also thethinendofthewedge argument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is this just thethinendofthewedge? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not only thethinendofthewedge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The second is that it is at least thethinendofthewedge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of the thin end of the wedge These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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