| 单词 | give him an inch and he'll take a mile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgive him (her, etc.) an inch and he'll take a mile b. In proverbial phrase give him (her, etc.) an inch and he'll take a mile and variants: the slightest concession will be unscrupulously exploited.A later form of give him an inch and he'll take an ell at ell n.1 1b. ΚΠ 1837 R. W. Emerson Jrnls. IV. 313 Give them an inch, and they take a mile. 1869 Ladies' Repository Feb. 153/2 Give them an inch and they will take a mile. Allow them the privilege and they will make your home beautiful. 1928 R. Maury Wars of Godly 52 George III was bitterly opposed to granting the catholics another inch, entertaining, as he did, the presentiment that they would take the proverbial mile. 1991 M. Kilby Man at Sharp End 215 The President had given Mueller an inch, but he had already taken a mile. < as lemmas |
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