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Meanings of scratch the surface in inglês

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Usage of scratch the surface in inglês
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To say there are dozens of mass graves wouldn't scratch the surface.
The Guardian
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It was just scratch the surface, let's see what's underneath these people.
Life
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I don't even scratch the surface of this rigamarole about The Guide.
Hunter Patrol
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However, the only details that have been made public only scratch the surface.
The South African
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Yet, scratch the surface and the miracle is less impressive than it seems.
Reuters
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But where I seem only to scratch the surface, he gets below it.
The Village by the River
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Just scratch the surface and you can find a rural utopia.
Independent.ie
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But if you scratch the surface, you start to see what's lurking underneath.
The South African
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With some of them, you didn't have to scratch the surface real deep.
Secret Sanction
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Hell, he could spend a dozen lives here and only scratch the surface.
Hunters in the Dark
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Training schemes and exploitative, unpaid work barely scratch the surface.
The Guardian
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Yet these wins only scratch the surface of LGBT oppression.
The Guardian
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These few paragraphs only scratch the surface of a broad subject of extreme interest.
The Building of a Book / A Series of Practical Articles Written ...
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Once you scratch the surface, however, the number of resources is growing all the time.
The Irish Times
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If you scratch the surface they actually acknowledge renewable energy is depressing wholesale power prices.
The Guardian
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College websites barely scratch the surface of the digital learning that kids can access today.
Wired
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Ireland
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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