These Problem Expressions Are Just 'The Tip of the Iceberg'
Everyone has to deal with problems sometimes, so it's good to have ways to talk about them.
Sometimes when you notice a small problem or situation, it is actually part of something much larger that you can’t see. At times like this, you can say that the small problem is "just the tip of the iceberg." This is because only about 10% of an iceberg stays above the water.
For example, if you find out that someone is lying about your business online, one of your employees might say, "That's just the tip of the iceberg, there are hundreds of people on that website saying the same thing."
If you're worried and don't know what to do next, you can say you're "at your wit's end." Today, if someone is called "witty" it usually means they are funny in a clever way, but "at your wit's end" is an old expression that comes from a time when "wit" only meant "intelligence."
So if you can't get people to stop lying about your business, you could say, "I'm at my wit's end with this website."
If you avoid something that would have been dangerous, you can say you have "dodged a bullet." This expression is used when a big problem nearly happened.
So if you complained about the website where people were lying about your business and it got deleted you could say, "We really dodged a bullet with that website!"
