Definition
A situation where the permitting of some small act will lead to a larger undesirable act or circumstance.
Origins
The root phrase is usually claimed to be a saying of Arabs or Middle Eastern cultures, roughly as follows: : Do not allow a camel to put his nose under the edge of your tent, for soon you will have a camel in your tent.
See Also
- foot in the door
- give them an inch and they'll take a mile
- slippery slope
- thin edge of the wedge
How People Actually Use It
A camel's nose is sort of like a camel toe in a sense, except instead of the downstairs area of a woman the camel's nose is an awkwardly sized nose that puts people off when viewed
""That camel's nose is freakish and unsettling, my brain can't get around how ones nose looks this way""
Source: Urban Dictionary