The camel's nose is a metaphor for a situation where the permitting of a small, seemingly innocuous act will open the door for larger, clearly undesirable actions. == History == According to Geoffrey Nunberg, the image entered the English language in the middle of the 19th century.
The camel's nose is a metaphor for a situation where the permitting of a small, seemingly innocuous act will open the door for larger, clearly undesirable actions. == History == According to Geoffrey Nunberg, the image entered the English language in the middle of the 19th century.
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