你敢给鼻子 那就上脸呢 那尾巴又要上天了
“Give them a little, and they push it. Then they'll get cocky again.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Give them an inch, and they'll ask for a mile.”
你敢 给鼻子 那就 上脸呢 那尾巴 又要 上天了
“Give them a little, and they push it. Then they'll get cocky again.”
不会的
“They won't.”
“If you yield an inch, they will walk all over us and become unmanageable.”
Chinese management philosophy often stresses not being overly soft early on, as leniency is easily interpreted as weakness, inviting insubordination.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
give an inch and they'll take a mile; push your boundaries after receiving favor
A vivid colloquial idiom used to condemn someone who takes undue advantage of leniency or polite treatment.
getting cocky again; their arrogance is going through the roof
Used metaphorically to describe someone becoming excessively haughty or full of themselves.
Emphasizes the inevitable consequence and rhetorical certainty of the hypothetical scenario.
Indicates a resultant shift into an intolerable state of arrogance.
