Sentences with phrase «nose under the tent»

Surely we must never let the camel of legalism stick his nose under the tent of grace, and your whole last comment was well taken.

Opponents viewed the proposal as the proverbial camel (vouchers) trying to get his nose under the tent.

Critics, however, feared that the modest initial # 1,000 fee was just the proverbial camel's nose under the tent: that fees would inevitably rise and public funding would inevitably fall, ultimately undermining progressive goals.

Publishers think this is just the camel's nose under the tent.

That is, the trial bar is uninterested in letting the camel get his nose under the tent, so to speak, by heading down a slippery slope where introduction of fee - shifting in patent cases leads to fee - shifting in other areas of the law.

It's a camel's nose under the tent.»

Not exact matches

The little gray vole that lived under my tent (a small mouse like creature) ran out and approached a marmot that sat about 3 m away from me, twitching its nose in the air.

Similarly, if they allowed the nose of the nonlinear camel under the tent, pretty soon they have a whole camel in their laps.