The thin end of the wedge is dangerous.

楔的细端是危险的。

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This demand is only the thin end of the wedge-soon the will want more and more.

这一要求还是一个开始—他们很快就会提出越来越多的要求。

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It's the thin end of the wedge - perhaps in your past someone left saying it was temporary, but didn't come back.

这是分手的前奏-也许曾经有过某个人说离开是暂时但是却没有回来。

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"There was a feeling that this could be the thin end of the wedge, " said Mr Law.

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But Councillor Barton, the leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Denbighshire Council, said it was the thin end of the wedge.

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The spread of ATM fees has proved the thin end of the wedge as far as charging is concerned, according to Ms Shelton.

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