give (someone) an inch and they will take a mile
дай ему палец, он всю руку откусит" (ему всё мало)
"Don't give Joe any more money; if you give him an inch he will take a mile."
Другие идиомы:
- give credence to (someone or something)
- give (someone) a bum steer
- give (someone) one's word
- give (someone) a break
- give (someone) a big hand
- don't give up the ship
- give (someone) pause to think
- give (someone) a piece of one's mind
- give (someone) the shirt off one's back
- give (someone) the brush-off
- give (someone) the green light
- give (someone) a blank check
- give voice to (something)
- give out
- give way