the thin end of the wedge

The government says it only wants to privatize one or two railway lines, but I think it's the thin end of the wedge. They'll all be privatized soon.

政府声称只打算把一两条铁路线私有化，可是我觉得这只是个开头，很快所有的铁路都会私有化。

The concern is that Odyssey represents the thin end of a large literary wedge.

有人担心:奥德赛公司可能会成为文学出版业的一点“星星之火”.

Many Internet companies fear that this is just the thin end of the wedge.

不少互联网公司担心，这仅仅是一个开端。

I think it's the thin end of the wedge when you have armed police permanently on patrol round a city.

我觉得让武装警察永久性地在城市里巡逻是老鼠拉木锨，大头在后边。

The thin end of the wedge is dangerous.

楔的细端是危险的。

The principle of unity has been discarded and the thin end of the wedge of disruption driven in.

弃团结之义，肇分裂之端。

Unions regard the government's intention to ban overtime as the thin end of the wedge.

工会认为政府禁止加班的用意是老鼠拉木,大头在后边.

This is perhaps a trivial example, but analysis of the type I have just described can be the thin end of the wedge in penetrating a cryptosystem.

这或许只是一个简单的示例，但是此类分析可能是渗透密码系统的一个开端。

The backers of software platforms like these see netbooks as the thin end of the wedge.

这类软件平台的支持者将上网本视为一个突破口。

Insert the thin end of the wedge.

打进楔子尖,(比喻)微微突破一点(以便慢慢扩大作用).

If the cost of steel rises it is usually the thin end of the wedge.

如果钢价上涨那么许多产品的价格也会上涨。

Identity cards for football supporters could be the thin end of the wedge& soon everyone might have to carry identification.

足球迷的身份证可能是个惹祸的东西，不久人人都要带着证件。

The government says it only wants to privatize one or two railway lines, but I think it's the thin end of the wedge . They'll all be privatised soon.

政府声称只打算把一两条铁路线私有化, 可是我觉得这只是个开头,很快所有的铁路都会私有化.