the thin end of the wedgeBritish EnglishBrE spokenHARM/BE BAD FOR an expression meaning something that you think is the beginning of a harmful development 糟糕事情的开始 Workers believe the job cuts are just the thin end of the wedge. 工人们认为裁员只是厄运的开始。
→ the thin end of the wedge at thin1(2)