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单词 give someone an inch and they'll take a mile
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give someone an inch and they'll take a mile

idiomsaying
said about someone who has been given asmallamountofpowerorfreedomto do something, and then hastriedto get a lot more
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(Definition ofgive someone an inch and they'll take a milefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
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