Sammi Gray-Jones wrote:
On 16/09/2019 19:52, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
In article , MissRiaElaine
writes
I will resist metrication till my dying day.

Oh? What's the definition of an inch?

Answer: 25.4 mm.

We still say give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

Saying Give them 2.54cm and they'll take 1.6 kilometers just doesn't
sound the same...


The metric version would be, "give them a cm and they'll take a km".