put a toe in the water
dip a toe in the water

"Kids grow up here now without ever putting a toe in the water," he said.

It put a toe in the water last year with its first-ever print advertising campaign.

"We are advocating putting a toe in the water where we see opportunity."

But Mr. Caramanico, 51, a world-class professional surfer for more than 30 years, was calling it a day without putting a toe in the water.

"The English usually stumble cautiously along, tentatively putting a toe in the water," says Charles Sturridge, who recently directed her as Arkadina in "The Seagull" in London.

They wanted to take a dip in the river to cool off the blazing heat had stunned the snakes and silenced the monkeys but as soon as they put a toe in the water, the caimans that had been dozing beneath the surface, blending into the slime, came to life.

Omicron was just a test case, their equivalent of dipping a toe in the water.

"I reckon you've finally gone 'n dipped a toe in the water!"

'But at least now you can say you've dipped a toe in the water.'

'No.' 'I believe he was dipping a toe in the water at that time.'

It is always best to dip a toe in the water first, rather than plunging in with a programme of hopefully helpful ideas for the improvement of her life and comfort.

Once players have dipped a toe in the waters, they can press on to the game, a must since only by playing can they gain access to secret rooms, the outdoor gardens and the maze.

So it was refreshing to see Robson, a few days before her 18th birthday, dip a toe in the waters of protest, albeit unwittingly ; to do something a normal teenager might do.

She also hated swimming and when her Aunt Myrlie signed her up for swimming lessons, she refused to even dip a toe in the water because when she was 3 she almost drowned when Hillary and Walter took her to a public pool.