Meaning of finger in the dike | Babel Free

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Noun. [C2]

Examples

“After a long bout of the Dutch Disease, the Netherlands is the only part-time economy in the world, the new champion of the continent, with the finger in the dike of unemployment.”

“Dan O'Brian was just a finger in the dike, but he had it stuck in a pretty vital hole.”

“Seeing our historic deficits as powerful enough leaks to collapse our nation's credit, in 2010, the Tea Party rose up to stick their finger in the dike, pledging to stop America's excessive public debt from growing further until we could agree on a path for recovery.”

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