"give someone an inch and they’ll take a mile" meaning in Anglais

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Verb

  1. Qui vole un œuf vole un bœuf.
    Sense id: fr-give_someone_an_inch_and_they’ll_take_a_mile-en-verb-p9jX3rxu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Compositions en anglais, Expressions en anglais, Locutions verbales en anglais, Anglais
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