Rate this phrase:0.0 / 0 votes

give someone an inch and someone will take a mile

If concessions are made for someone, that will embolden them to take further advantage of the person who helped them, instead of being content with what they have been given.
41 Views
Collection   Edit    

Submitted on July 07, 2010

Translation

Find a translation for the give someone an inch and someone will take a mile phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to give someone an inch and someone will take a mile

give someone a big headgive someone griefgive someone a bloody nosegive someone the businessgive someone staticgive someone the eyegive someone a handgive someone griefgive someone his headgive someone an earfulgive someone Hail Columbiagive someone the heave-hogive someone a hard timegive someone a hard time

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this give someone an inch and someone will take a mile phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this give someone an inch and someone will take a mile definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "give someone an inch and someone will take a mile." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Dec. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/give-someone-an-inch-and-someone-will-take-a-mile_19946>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    There's no use in __________ over spilled milk.
    A crying
    B screaming
    C weeping
    D laughing

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ