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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

give someone an inch and someone will take a mile

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Source Word

give someone an inch and someone will take a mile

alt-of alternative idiomatic

(idiomatic) Alternative form of give them an inch and they'll take a mile

Japanese Meaning

少し譲れば、相手が欲張ってさらに要求をすることになる。 / わずかな譲歩が、過度な要求や利用につながる。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

先週、同僚を早く帰らせてあげたら、案の定「一度甘くすると図に乗る」ということが分かった。

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(idiomatic) Alternative form of give them an inch and they'll take a mile

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