foot in the door

基本解释

That foot-in-the-door at the company where you want to work isn't going to come from your best friends--your strong ties--or you would already be working there.
假如你想去某家公司工作，这个职业机会绝对不会来自你的挚友（即强关系），否则你早就进去工作了不是么。
And so in front of a gathering of hard-headed journalists and foot-in-the-door reporters, Beckham spoke with grace and assurance in accepting his award on Sunday.
于是周日面对一群固执的报人和得寸进尺的记者，贝克汉姆优雅自信的致辞，接受由过去十年间不断质询他的同一批人颁发的奖杯。
A trivial but instructive example is the foot-in-the-door technique. This is where an influencer asks you to agree to a small request before asking for a bigger one.
一个小例子是“伸脚卡门”技巧——意见领袖想让你答应一个大一点的要求之前，先诱使你同意一个小小的要求。

In foot-in-the-door, the salesman asks for a little commitment (the foot in the door), followed by a larger commitment (the salesman squeezes through the door).
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So gaming would be the foot-in-the-door for a lot of people.
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Without the writing, no foot-in-the-door job in John F.
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