APAD:Give him an inch and he will take a mile

来源: 移花接木 于 2023-09-04 10:17:47 [] [博客] [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 阅读数 : (438 bytes)

Give him an inch and he will take a mile

This proverb refers to a situation where you show a little generosity to a person and they take advantage of that generosity by taking more than you have offered. An example of this type of situation would be, if a man were to loan his friend some money and allowed him a longer time than usual to pay it back, so the friend kept returning asking for more money and more time.

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• This reminded me of something -7grizzly- ♀ 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (8787 bytes) () 09/04/2023 postreply 11:00:59

• this kind of person or thing is very common. -天边一片白云- ♀ 给 天边一片白云 发送悄悄话 天边一片白云 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/08/2023 postreply 16:19:36

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