When you get an inch, you get an inch
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d é C ù NZ é C ù n, meaning to get an inch is an inch. It also means to get real benefits. What you get is what you get. It comes from Qin CE San.
The origin of Idioms
In the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiang wrote in the Warring States policy Qin CE San: "it's better for a king to make a close attack than to make a close contact. If he is right, he will be right. If he gets a ruler, he will be right."
Idiom usage
I'll get as much as I can
When you get an inch, you get an inch
asking the judge to write a lenient sentence - bǐ xià chāo shēng