كيف تنطق "camel's nose"

expression

KAM-uhlz NOHZ

التعريف

An expression meaning a small, seemingly harmless action that can lead to bigger, usually unwanted, problems if not stopped early.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈkæməɫz/ /ˈnoʊz

الإنجليزية البريطانية

ˈkæməlz/ /nˈəʊz

أمريكي

KAM-uhlz NOHZ

بريطاني

KAM-uhlz NOHZ

Allowing one exception may be the camel's nose in our company policy.

Be careful, that rule change could be the camel's nose.

Some people think letting phones in class is the camel's nose for more problems.

That new policy is just the camel's nose under the tent—soon they'll change everything.