Timeline for Is there an idiom for "something that occurs for zero or infinite times"?
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| Jun 26, 2021 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1408621138163474433 | ||
| Jun 24, 2021 at 1:17 | answer | added | livresque | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 22, 2021 at 21:06 | answer | added | Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 22, 2021 at 17:17 | comment | added | Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ | @YosefBaskin Tell that to the lady in Thailand who found an elephant in her kitchen yesterday...like she had a choice...;) | |
| Jun 22, 2021 at 16:05 | answer | added | chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic- | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 22, 2021 at 15:57 | comment | added | chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic- | I can't find a decent source, but in the case you suggested the first hit is always free is a common idiom. | |
| Jun 22, 2021 at 14:32 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jun 21, 2021 at 22:47 | comment | added | Yosef Baskin | Rumi said if you don't want a camel in your tent, don't let his nose in. | |
| Jun 21, 2021 at 18:58 | comment | added | Lucian Sava | In my language I'd use the imperative: Don't create a precedent. Not sure if this could be ok in English too. | |
| Jun 21, 2021 at 18:34 | comment | added | RobJarvis | The first thing that popped into my head was "instantly addictive", as some narcotics are said to be. | |
| Jun 21, 2021 at 18:30 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 21, 2021 at 18:29 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @Weather Vane Note that the title question doesn't exactly match what follows. | |
| Jun 21, 2021 at 18:28 | comment | added | Weather Vane | @EdwinAshworth I had forgotten about that answer although I did consider 'the thin end of the wedge' here. I don't think it quite answers the question, being more about using small beginnings to achieve a much larger objective. | |
| Jun 21, 2021 at 18:18 | answer | added | David | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 21, 2021 at 18:13 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Does this answer your question? Is there any idiom to describe the importance not to let somthing bad happen in the first place Weather Vane gives 'The thin end of the wedge'. | |
| Jun 21, 2021 at 17:53 | answer | added | LPH | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 21, 2021 at 17:09 | comment | added | Rayan Khan | Slippery slope! There's also gateway drug that leads people to taking more drugs. | |
| Jun 21, 2021 at 17:01 | answer | added | Weather Vane | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jun 21, 2021 at 16:50 | history | asked | iBug | CC BY-SA 4.0 |