 thumb on the scale
"Does income act as 'thumb on the scale'? The evidence analyzed here suggests that it does, and that the disadvantage to lower-income students is more pronounced than some prominent higher education observers claim."
1. What does 'thumb on the scale' mean? Does anyone know its origin?
There's another one: put your thumb on the scales
If you put your thumb on the scales, you try to influence the result of something in your favour.
2. Do 'thumb on the scale' and 'put one's thumb on the scales' have similar meaning?
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