give him an inch he'll take a mile

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Subject	English	Russian
proverb	give him an inch and he'll take a mile	дай ему палец, он и всю руку откусит (used to mean: if you grant some people a small favour, it only encourages them to take much more than they are offered)
proverb	give him an inch and he'll take a mile	дай ему дюйм, и он отхватит милю
idiom.	Give him an inch and he'll take a mile	сесть на голову (Tamerlane)
idiom.	Give him an inch and he'll take a mile	садиться на голову (Tamerlane)
Makarov.	give him an inch and he'll take a mile	дай ему палец, он и всю руку отхватит
proverb	give him an inch and he'll take a mile an ell	дай курице гряду – изроет весь огород
proverb	give him an inch and he'll take a mile an ell	дай волю на ноготок, а он возьмёт на весь локоток
proverb	give him an inch and he'll take a mile an ell	дай ему палец, он всю руку откусит
proverb	give him an inch and he'll take a mile an ell	сунь ему палец в рот, он всю руку отхватит
proverb	give him an inch and he'll take a mile an ell	дай воли на палец – всю руку отхватит
saying.	give him an inch he'll take a mile	дай ему палец-он руку откусит (Баян)