• ___ off base
• ___ off base (build a small lead)
• ___ High, Private Eye
• Hedwig and the Angry ___
• 1/12 of a foot
• 1/12 of a ruler
• 1/36 of a yard
• 1/63,360th of a mile
• 2.54 centimeters
• A diehard may not give one
• A very small amount
• About 1/39,000 of a kilometer
• About 2.5 centimeters
• About 25.4 mm
• About a 40,000th of a kilometer
• Ad-space unit
• Advance at a snail's pace
• Advance slowly
• Advance slowly, with along
• Barely move
• Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry ___
• Bruce Lee's famous One ___ Punch
• Crawl
• Crawl (along)
• Crawl at a snail's pace
• Creep
• Creep (along)
• Creep slowly
• Dieter's loss, maybe
• Distance between belt notches, maybe
• Division of a foot
• Drag (by)
• Foot division
• Foot feature
• Foot fraction
• Foot part
• Foot section
• Foot twelfth
• Fraction of a foot
• Gimme distance, maybe
• Gimme measurement
• Gimme's distance, perhaps
• Go at a snail's pace
• Go like a snail
• Go slowly (along)
• Inseam unit
• Kind of worm
• Kind of worm or meal
• Lear: Every ___ a King
• Length measure no longer officially used in Canada
• Little bird heading off with creep (4)
• Make a small move
• Make slow progress
• Make very slow progress
• Margin size, often
• Marigold measurement, as marked by the larvae of the geometer moth
• Mark of a good ruler?
• Mark of a ruler
• Measure of length
• Minimal gain
• Modicum of progress
• Move a bit
• Move a little at a time
• Move along gradually
• Move at a snail's pace
• Move at a worm's pace?
• Move bit by bit
• Move cautiously
• Move furtively
• Move gradually
• Move in baby steps
• Move like a worm
• Move like molasses
• Move slightly
• Move slowly
• Move slowly (forward)
• Move stealthily
• Move very slowly
• Narrow margin
• Narrow winning margin
• Nine ___ Nails
• Offer to one who takes a mile?
• One of 360 for a first down
• One of a foot's 12
• One twelfth of a foot
• Opposite of race
• Part of a foot
• Part of a yard
• Part of DPI
• Part of NIN
• Pluviometer unit
• Proceed slowly
• Progress slowly
• Progress very slowly
• Rainfall measure
• Rainfall measurement
• Rainfall measurement unit
• Rainfall unit
• Rearranged chin that is part of a foot?
• Robert Palmer: Give Me An ___
• Rock group Nine ___ Nails
• Rock's Nine ___ Nails
• Ruler division
• Ruler fraction
• Ruler marking
• Ruler measure
• Ruler part
• Ruler segment
• Ruler unit
• Ruling division?
• Scale unit
• Screen-measuring unit
• Short distance
• Sidle
• Slightest bit
• Slightest concession, metaphorically
• Small amount
• Small measure
• Small snowfall, heavy rain?
• Snail's pace
• Snowfall measure
• Snowfall unit
• Span fraction
• Stubborn people won't give one
• Take baby steps
• Take tiny steps
• The stubborn don't give it
• Tiny amount of progress
• Tiptoe or creep
• TV screen-measuring unit
• Type of worm
• Unit indicated by
• Waistline unit
• What a big tick on a ruler indicates
• Word before worm
• Word derived from the Latin uncia, meaning one-twelfth
• Worm size
• Worm type
• Worm's measure?
• Worm's unit?
• Yard fraction
• Yardstick division
• Yardstick fraction
• Yardstick unit
• A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot
• A unit of measurement for advertising space
a man of inches - мужчина высокого роста
not to yield an inch - не уступить ни на йоту
the car missed me by inches - машина чуть не задела меня
he couldn't see an inch before him - он в двух шагах ничего не видел
they beat him to within an inch of his life - они избили его до полусмерти
to be within an inch of death - быть на волосок от смерти
♢
inch by inch, by inches - постепенно, понемногуto die by inches - умирать медленной смертью
every inch - весь, полностью, с головы до пят
he is noble every inch of him - он благороден во всём
he is every inch a soldier - он солдат до мозга костей
give him an inch and he'll take an ell [a mile, a yard] - ≅ дай ему палец, он и всю руку отхватит
to inch one's way forward - медленно продвигаться вперёд
to inch along - медленно передвигаться
* * *
Eighteen inches of snow disrupted deliveries across the Midwest.
»The tablet computer's screen measures 9.4 inches diagonally.
»Sheet metal cladding costs more per square inch than reinforced plastic.
Crates inched along the conveyor belt on their way out of the warehouse.
»Legislators inched closer to closing a loophole in the law.
inch up/upward »Stocks slowly inched upward in March.
a man of your inches челове́к ва́шего ро́ста
not to yield an inch не уступи́ть ни на йо́ту
inch by inch ма́ло-пома́лу
;by inches
the car missed him by inches он чуть не попа́л под маши́ну
;every inch
he is every inch a soldier он настоя́щий солда́т
;to beat (или to flog) smb.within an inch of his life изби́ть кого́-л. до полусме́рти
1. {ıntʃ} n
1. 1) дюйм (мера длины; ≈ 2,54 см)
2) pl высота, рост
a man of ~es - мужчина высокого роста
2. очень небольшое расстояние или количество
not to yield an ~ - не уступить ни на йоту
the car missed me by ~es - машина чуть не задела меня
he couldn't see an ~ before him - он в двух шагах ничего не видел
they beat him to within an ~ of his life - они избили его до полусмерти
to be within an ~ of death - быть на волосок от смерти
♢ ~ by ~, by ~es - постепенно, понемногу
to die by ~es - умирать медленной смертью
every ~ - весь, полностью, с головы до пят
he is noble every ~ of him - он благороден во всём
he is every ~ a soldier - он солдат до мозга костей
give him an ~ and he'll take an ell {a mile, a yard} - ≅ дай ему палец, он и всю руку отхватит
2. {ıntʃ} v
медленно двигаться, передвигаться
to ~ one's way forward - медленно продвигаться вперёд
to ~ along - медленно передвигаться
II {ıntʃ} n диал.1) островок
2) одиноко стоящий холм или горка
3) луг на берегу реки