The phrase give him an inch and he'll take a mile is a very
popular phrase. This means that if you give him a little bit of
freedom he'll take you for everything you've got.
The phrase give him an inch and he'll take a mile is a very
popular phrase. This means that if you give him a little bit of
freedom he'll take you for everything you've got.
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It is not an idiom - it means what it seems to mean. This is a
very old proverb (already considered old in the 1500's!). It comes
from the fact that some people are greedy. If you give them an inch
of something, they'll want even more.
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1.57828283 × 10-5 miles in an inch
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There are no miles in an inch however there are 63,360 inches in
a mile