tip of the ice cube
English
editEtymology
editBased on tip of the iceberg, with an ice cube being a comparatively tiny object.
Noun
edit- (humorous) The first aspect of an insignificant or exaggerated problem or situation.
- 2022, David Scott Diffrient, Comic Drunks, Crazy Cults, and Lovable Monsters, page 93:
- In fact, this is “just the tip of the ice cube,” for he also has to worry about the charges that have accrued at the camp's other watering hole, Rosie's bar.
- 2021, Iain McCaig, Shadowline, page 67:
- “Come on,” he said, “This is only the tip of the ice cube. Let me show you some of the stuff that never made it to the big screen.”