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What does "You don't give an inch, do you?" mean?
Dec 13, 2010 3:08 AM
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It means the person is stubborn. They won't meet you in the middle.
December 13, 2010
3
when we say
(give him an inch)it means...Be generous to someone and the person will demand even more.
for example
If you let Mark borrow your tools for this weekend, he'll wind up keeping them for years. Give him an inch and he'll take a mile.
Conversely, when we say to someone (you don't give an inch) that mean this person is Difficult to deal with him or
Uncharitable one .
December 19, 2010
2
You say this to another person when you are arguing with them and they won't consider your side of the arguement
or
You hope to have someone change in some way and they won't (they are stubborn).
December 13, 2010
1
It means Eliot doesn't even have an inch to give. :P
December 13, 2010
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