Give a gift an inch, give a gift a foot

Give a gift an inch, give a gift a foot

Let the ceremony one inch, get the ceremony one foot, the language of "Taiping Yulan", metaphor to give way to the ceremony, although small and benefit will be great.

source

It is said in volume 4 and Volume 2 of Taiping Yulan that Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms quoted the order of comity: "there is a saying in Li:" if you give a gift an inch, you get a foot. " It's necessary for the Sutra to be combined. "

Examples

In Song Dynasty, Wang Yao's Yeke series, as the saying goes, "let an inch go, let a foot go." in Cao's Ling, it says, "to."

usage

As an object, attribute, clause; used to admonish