finger in the dike

plural fingers in the dike

1. alternativeAlternative form of finger in the dyke.

   Dan O'Brian was just a finger in the dike, but he had it stuck in a pretty vital hole.

   2002, Dana Stabenow, A Fine and Bitter Snow, →ISBN, page 8

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   After a long bout of the Dutch Disease, the Netherlands is the only part-time economy in the world, the new champion of the continent, with the finger in the dike of unemployment.

   2002, Elke Wolf -, What Hampers Part-Time Work?, →ISBN

   Seeing our historic deficits as powerful enough leaks to collapse our nation's credit, in 2010, the Tea Party rose up to stick their finger in the dike, pledging to stop America's excessive public debt from growing further until we could agree on a path for recovery.

   2012, Clifton Carothers, America's Thriving Path Forward, →ISBN