Camel's nose

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The camel's nose is a metaphor for a situation where the permitting of some small act will lead consequently to a larger undesirable act or circumstance.

The root phrase usually attributed to be a saying of Arabs, or Middle Eastern cultures, roughly as follows:

Do not allow a camel to put his nose under the edge of your tent, for soon you will have a camel in your tent.

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