nounmasculinepl: icebergs
iceberg
1. A large mass of ice floating in the sea, detached from a glacier or ice sheet
The ship collided with an iceberg in the Arctic Ocean.
O navio colidiu com um iceberg no Oceano Ártico.
2. The visible or obvious part of something much larger or more complex (figurative usage)
The scandal we discovered is just the tip of the iceberg.
O escândalo que descobrimos é apenas a ponta do iceberg.
The phrase 'tip of the iceberg' is widely used in both Brazilian and American English to describe situations where only a small visible part of a larger issue is apparent. This idiom gained popularity after the Titanic disaster in 1912 and remains culturally significant in maritime history discussions.
Related Idioms & Phrases
tip of the iceberg - a small part of a much larger problem
like an iceberg - appearing calm on the surface but turbulent underneath
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