wedge Idioma
Drive a wedge
If you drive a wedge between people, you exploit an issue so that people start to disagree.
Thin end of the wedge
The thin end of the wedge is something small and seemingly unimportant that will lead to something much bigger and more serious.
Wedge politics
(USA) In wedge politics, one party uses an issue that they hope will divide members of a different party to create conflict and weaken it.
flying wedge|fly|flying|wedge
n.,
informal 1. An offensive formation in football in which players link arms and line up to form a "V" with the ball carrier in the middle.
The flying wedge was so dangerous and hurt so many players that rules have forbidden it for over 50 years. 2. A group (as of guards or policemen) who use a "V" formation to help someone get through a crowd.
Police had to form a flying wedge to get the movie star through the crowd of autograph hunters.
thin edge of the wedge
thin edge of the wedge A minor change that begins a major development, especially an undesirable one. For example,
First they asked me to postpone my vacation for a week, and then for a month; it's the thin edge of the wedge and pretty soon it'll be a year. This term alludes to the narrow wedge inserted into a log for splitting wood. [Mid-1800s]
wedge
wedge see
thin edge of the wedge.