[詞典] from the first small beginnings one can see how things will develop; a straw shows which way the wind blows; from one small clue one can see what is coming; recognize the whole through observation of the part;
[例句]法官無意中透露的壹些情況有時能見微知著地揭示出司法制度的薄弱之處。
Inadvertent disclosures by judges sometimes offer an extraordinary glimpse of the legal system's underbelly.