An inch too short is as bad as an ell.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about bad luck, bad
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Give him an inch and he'll take an ell.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Men are not measured in inches.
Proverbs and old sayings English about man
A miss by an inch is a miss by a mile.
Proverbs and old sayings English
Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.
Proverbs and old sayings English
Water runs a whole mile downstream easier than an inch upstream.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about water
He'll swear through an inch board.
Proverbs and old sayings French
An inch is a great deal on a nose.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
Darkness lies one inch ahead.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
A three inch tongue -- the iron bulwark of politics.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about politics
The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about man
Don't build the bungalow on an inch of ground.
Proverbs and old sayings
An inch of a nag is worth a span of an aver.
Proverbs and old sayings
Drive out the inch as thou hast done the span.
Proverbs and old sayings
He can see an inch before his nose.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Give you an inch you'll take an ell.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Dree out the inch when ye have thoi'd the span.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Ill luck enters by fathoms and departs by inches.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about bad luck, good luck
An inch in a sword, or a palm in a lance, is a great advantage.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Give him an inch and he will take a yard.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about garden
