| 单词 | a toe in the door |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa toe in the door p. a toe in the door: a position from which progress can be made. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > starting-point > from which progress may be made sunrise1623 the thin (little or small) end of the wedge1856 a toe in the door1977 1977 Times 7 Oct. 17/2 Gail Sheehy stopped her sample at 50... She says she now has a toe in the door of the 50's and 60's. 1978 Dumfries Courier 20 Oct. 6/5 He was only using the application for boating as a ‘toe in the door’ to sell something else. 1979 D. Sanders Queen sends for Mrs. Chadwick 11 He'd be thirty-five at the next election. Just the right age to get a toe in the door. < as lemmas |
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