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Granting someone a limited concession will encourage them to take greater liberties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: give them an inch and they'll take an ell, give someone an inch and he'll take a yard
Antonyms: none provided
A modified variant of the expression give them an inch and they'll take an ell, adjusted for the obsolescence of the ell due to the standardization of the imperial system.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
jepja gishtin, të merr dorën
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
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Danish:
ræk nogen en lillefinger, og han tager hele armen
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
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Estonian:
kui annad näpu, siis võtab terve käe
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
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Finnish:
kun antaa pahalle pikkusormen, se vie koko käden
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
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French:
tendez-leur la main et ils vous prennent le bras
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
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German:
gib jemandem den kleinen Finger und er nimmt die ganze Hand
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
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Hebrew:
נותנים לו אצבע והוא רוצה את כל היד
(notním lo étzba v'hu rotzé et kol hayyád)
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
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Indonesian:
seperti Belanda minta tanah
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
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Indonesian:
diberi betis, hendak paha
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
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Indonesian:
diberi kepala, hendak bahu
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
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Indonesian:
diberi sejari, hendak setelempap
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
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Indonesian:
diberi sejengkal hendak sehasta, diberi sehasta hendak sedepa
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
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Polish:
daj komuś palec, a weźmie całą rękę
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
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Russian:
ему́ па́льца в рот не клади́ - сапо́г не оста́нется
(jemú pálʹca v rot ne kladí - sapóg ne ostánetsja)
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
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Sundanese:
dibéré sabuku ménta sajeungkal, dibéré sajeungkal ménta sadeupa
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
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Thai:
ได้คืบจะเอาศอก
(dâai-kʉ̂ʉp-jà-ao-sɔ̀ɔk)
— a limited concession will encourage someone to take greater liberties
