inch

give someone an inch once concessions have been made to someone they will demand a great deal.

☞ The full form of the saying is the proverb give someone an inch and he will take a mile. In former times, ell (an obsolete measure of length equal to a little over a metre) was sometimes substitued for mile.

within an inch of your life almost to the point of death.

2013Keeping Stock The Police are following positive lines of inquiry in the hunt for the cowardly thugs who knocked Ryder to the round, then kicked him to within an inch of his life, leaving him for dead.

词组	inch
释义	inch give someone an inch once concessions have been made to someone they will demand a great deal. ☞ The full form of the saying is the proverb give someone an inch and he will take a mile. In former times, ell (an obsolete measure of length equal to a little over a metre) was sometimes substitued for mile. within an inch of your life almost to the point of death. 2013Keeping Stock The Police are following positive lines of inquiry in the hunt for the cowardly thugs who knocked Ryder to the round, then kicked him to within an inch of his life, leaving him for dead.
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