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tip of the iceberg

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the tip of the iceberg

a small part of a problem or a difficult situation which is really much larger than it seems. What you saw last night was just the tip of the iceberg. The difficulties we've discussed are only the tip of the iceberg.

See also: iceberg, tip

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