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单词 得寸进尺
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得寸进尺dé cùn jìn chǐ

grow more and more ambitious; demand a yard after getting an inch; give sb an inch and he will take a foot (/a mile/an ell/a yard); if you agree to carry the calf,they’ll make you carry the cow; be insatiable; much would have more; the more one gets,the more one wants to have
❍ 他们这些老家伙,就~……(李六如《六十年的变迁》Ⅰ—275)These tricky,greedy,old bastards grew more and more ambitious.

得寸进尺

give him an inch and he will take a yard

得寸进尺dé cùn jìn chǐ

得到一寸,就想再伸进一尺。比喻贪得无厌。be insatiable, much will have more, give him an inch and he will take a yard, demand a yard after getting an inch

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