an inch

[user_gary]

Give a camel an in inch and he take an ill.

Could anyone explain the above sentence?

[Casiopea]

It's taken from an Indian proverb. By the way, ell is a former measure of length, varying in different countries: in England equal to 45 in. (114 cm).

Here's a similar saying, give an inch and they'll take a mile: Information from Answers.com

All the best.

[Anglika]

And an inch is approximately 2.5 cms long.

[BobK]

It's taken from an Indian proverb. By the way, ell is a former measure of length, varying in different countries: in England equal to 45 in. (114 cm).
Here's a similar saying, give an inch and they'll take a mile: Information from Answers.com
All the best.

And an inch is approximately 2.5 cms long.

So give someone 2.5 cm and they'll take 114 cm. I've never heard of a camel being involved though! I suspect that bit of the context wasn't idiomatic, but was just saying that camels are hard to control.

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[piousoul]

Give a camel an in inch and he take an ill.

Could anyone explain the above sentence?

I wonder if you want to type: Give a devil an inch and he'll take an ell.

[Casiopea]

Give a camel an inch... is an Indian proverb.