English / proverb
Give Someone an Inch and Someone Will Take a Mile
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Granting a modest accommodation often results in excessive exploitation by those who lack boundaries.
In context
01
Experience in diplomacy reminds seasoned envoys that if you give someone an inch and someone will take a mile during negotiations.
02
Our elders taught us to protect our personal peace, warning that give someone an inch and someone will take a mile.
Synonyms
abuse leniency,exploit generosity,take excessive liberties
Antonyms
exercise restraint,honor agreements,reciprocate fairly
Collocations
observe how give someone an inch and someone will take a mile,avoid the habit where give someone an inch and someone will take a mile,fear that give someone an inch and someone will take a mile