▲ 19 ▼ /c/café daily chat thread for 2 August 2023 (monyet.cc) submitted 3 years ago by MonyetBot@monyet.cc [M, B] to c/cafe@monyet.cc 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc -1 points 3 years ago (3 children) What's the English version of "dapat betis nak peha?" 🤔 permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] munkkey@monyet.cc 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Give them an inch and they will take a yard/mile? Quite wordy I know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 0 points 3 years ago I looked it up and the strangest result appears: camel's nose. Apparently it's a Victorian era, and Victorian made, idiom about an Arabian idiom of letting just the camel's nose in the tent, which eventually results in the entire camel being under it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Give an inch take a foot? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] munkkey@monyet.cc 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I also first thought of that Chinese proverb, which is literally "get an inch, advance to a foot". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 point 3 years ago Yeah, dunno which based on which, both is being used widely permalink fedilink source parent [–] truckdrifter2@monyet.cc 1 point 3 years ago Literal? Get calf, want thigh Figurative? Hmm... maybe 'Wants a ton for an ounce?' permalink fedilink source parent
[–] munkkey@monyet.cc 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Give them an inch and they will take a yard/mile? Quite wordy I know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 0 points 3 years ago I looked it up and the strangest result appears: camel's nose. Apparently it's a Victorian era, and Victorian made, idiom about an Arabian idiom of letting just the camel's nose in the tent, which eventually results in the entire camel being under it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 0 points 3 years ago I looked it up and the strangest result appears: camel's nose. Apparently it's a Victorian era, and Victorian made, idiom about an Arabian idiom of letting just the camel's nose in the tent, which eventually results in the entire camel being under it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Give an inch take a foot? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] munkkey@monyet.cc 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I also first thought of that Chinese proverb, which is literally "get an inch, advance to a foot". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 point 3 years ago Yeah, dunno which based on which, both is being used widely permalink fedilink source parent
[–] munkkey@monyet.cc 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I also first thought of that Chinese proverb, which is literally "get an inch, advance to a foot". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 point 3 years ago Yeah, dunno which based on which, both is being used widely permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 point 3 years ago Yeah, dunno which based on which, both is being used widely permalink fedilink source parent
[–] truckdrifter2@monyet.cc 1 point 3 years ago Literal? Get calf, want thigh Figurative? Hmm... maybe 'Wants a ton for an ounce?' permalink fedilink source parent