"scratch the surface" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scratches the surface",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scratching the surface",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scratched the surface",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scratched the surface",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "scratch the surface (third-person singular simple present scratches the surface, present participle scratching the surface, simple past and past participle scratched the surface)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English predicates",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This beginners' course only scratches the surface of the subject."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To barely begin; to see or do only a fraction of what is possible."
      ],
      "id": "en-scratch_the_surface-en-verb-AkxfOQh1",
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "fraction",
          "fraction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To barely begin; to see or do only a fraction of what is possible."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "scratch beneath the surface"
        },
        {
          "word": "tip of the iceberg"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-scratch the surface.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/En-au-scratch_the_surface.ogg/En-au-scratch_the_surface.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/En-au-scratch_the_surface.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scratch the surface"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scratches the surface",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scratching the surface",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scratched the surface",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scratched the surface",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "scratch the surface (third-person singular simple present scratches the surface, present participle scratching the surface, simple past and past participle scratched the surface)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "scratch beneath the surface"
    },
    {
      "word": "tip of the iceberg"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English predicates",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This beginners' course only scratches the surface of the subject."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To barely begin; to see or do only a fraction of what is possible."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "fraction",
          "fraction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To barely begin; to see or do only a fraction of what is possible."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-scratch the surface.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/En-au-scratch_the_surface.ogg/En-au-scratch_the_surface.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/En-au-scratch_the_surface.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scratch the surface"
}