- lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains
- give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
Characters
- 得 (得): to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- 寸 (寸): a unit of length; inch; thumb
- 进 (進): to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- 尺 (尺): one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 得寸进尺
- MDBG: 得寸进尺
- Examples with 得寸进尺 on Tatoeba
Examples
得寸进尺。