"Scratch the surface" nghĩa là gì?

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'Scratch/skim the surface' có từ 'scratch' là cào, bới hoặc 'skim' là lướt qua bề mặt -> mới bắt đầu tìm ra thứ gì đó; nghiên cứu, kiểm tra, hiểu được ở mức độ hời hợt, không sâu sắc, không kĩ lưỡng

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But this beachcombing, recycling and re-use of larger plastic items does not even scratch the surface of the problem. The smaller ­fragments of plastic that are harder to collect are more likely to enter the food chain, or be drawn back into the sea.

He said; “Given the scale of underinvestment (đầu tư dưới mức) in NHS buildings, equipment and technology in recent years, this level of funding will only scratch the surface and will not close the gap (thu hẹp khoảng cách) in health care capital spending between England and comparable countries.

Representative David LaGrand (D-Grand Rapids) is the minority (thiểu số) vice chair on the committee that passed the bills (thông qua dự luật)."This is a huge problem that we’ve really only started to scratch the surface on and we have to have a much broader conversation as a society about the endemic (bệnh địa phương) problems of sexual assault (tấn công tình dục),” he said.

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