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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

one thing led to another en · X

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) From one event, a series of insignificant steps resulted in another event.
  2. (idiomatic, qualifier:understatement) From one event, a series of insignificant steps resulted in another event. ▸ Things got out of hand.

Relateds

juggernaut · boiling frog · snowball · escalation

Translations (4)

fi yksi asia johti toiseen (Translations) · pl po nitce do kłębka (Translations) · fr de fil en aiguille (Translations) · it da cosa nasce cosa (Translations)