tip of the ice cube

English

Etymology

By analogy with tip of the iceberg, since an ice cube is a comparatively small object.

Noun

tip of the ice cube

  1. (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.”
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