thin end of the wedge

Meaning: (idiomatic)Something that ifallowedoracceptedto a small degree would lead tosystematicencroachment.The MP told parliament that legalising cannabis would be thethin end of the wedge.2018August 14, April Stroud,Making Sense of Land Law, Bloomsbury Publishing,→ISBN:This is known as the 'thin end of the wedge'argument raised by people who don't want to lose the protection of restrictive covenants. The 'thin end of the wedge'means that when you drive a wedge into something, you use the thin end first because it's easier than using the thick end.

Examples:

EN: Oh, well anyway he kissed you, the thin end of the wedge.
ES: Bueno, el caso es que te ha besado, por algo se empieza.
EN: - Yes, is the thin end of the wedge.
ES: - Sí, es la punta del iceberg.
EN: - with the thin end of the wedge.
ES: - con la ayuda que le ofrecemos.
EN: The thin end of the wedge.
ES: La punta final de la cuña.
ES: Solo falta que los políticos puedan despedirnos por incompetentes. Eso ya es rizar el rizo.
EN: The thin end of the wedge!
ES: Es la gota que colma el vaso.
EN: It's the thin end of the wedge.
ES: - Será la gota que colme el vaso.
ES: Puede tener graves consecuencias.
ES: Es tan solo la punta del iceberg.
EN: It抯 democratic. it抯 the thin end of the wedge!
ES: - Es democrático. - ¡Puede tener consecuencias graves!
EN: Once they accept the principle that senior civil servants can be removed for incompetence, that would be thin end of the wedge.
ES: Una vez acepten la destitución de funcionarios por incompetencia, las consecuencias serian terribles.
EN: This Marriott scheme is the thin end of the wedge.
ES: El proyecto Marriott es como una punta de lanza.
EN: It's the thin end of the wedge, Mr Disraeli.
ES: Es el principio de algo peor, Sr. Disraelí.
EN: The further back you went, in a way it kind of was like you were getting to the thin end of the wedge.
ES: Entre más regresabas, de alguna forma era como si estuvieras llegando a la punta de la punta.
EN: That's the thin end of the wedge.
ES: Esto es solo el principio.
EN: Critchley Gardens is the thin end of the wedge.
ES: Critchel Gardens es el terreno pantanoso.
EN: I'm warning you, Louisa, if you cuddle that baby, it's the thin end of the wedge.
ES: Te lo advierto, Louisa, si abrazas a ese bebé es el principio de algo peor.
EN: "The thin end of the wedge."
ES: "Quien roba un huevo, acaba matando a un abuelo."

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