Is inch not considered a correct definition?
Why can I not move/budge/change an inch when talking about something that won’t change as someone’s stubborn opinion?
Example from Cambridge Dictionary :
She’s definite she wants to do it, and she’s not giving an inch, however hard you try to persuade her.
I want to use it for this dialogue:
- You havenu00e2u20acTMt changed your mind, have you?
- Not even an inch, really!
I’m not sure of the phrase. I mean the idiom, but want it to mean this idiom above. I don’t think I should use the idiom instead of in a sentence as I don’t find it makes a good fit with its current construction.
If a phrase is actually correct, why isn’t it actually an inch? What can we and should we understand by using the idiom?
What is a right or a wrong way to describe a person?
As a mid-aged native English speaker, the intent of your dialog was clear to me and I understood the reference to the verb “not giving an inch”.
Do you think you merely haven’t changed your mind?
How many inches is not considered an inch?
Can you shorten the response time to
“Not an inch”?
I find this somewhat informal in tone. Do you think having the same conversation would be better since you are not likely to change your mind?
How do I do this?
No.
Not a bit.
What are some basic facts and figures regarding the nature of a human life?
Is there any way
to change your mind about something?
I have not moved | budged | retreated an inch. For two months that will go on my back for another 20 years.
Inches: If you need verbs relating to physical space in order to use an inch idiomatically. What verb can appear in a question or answer?
I’m not able to understand your thinking (or just thinking) about that other than ours. Can you help me please?
The size of a baby’s feet varies in length and size, but not exactly. Not an inch.
For example, this would not be idiomatic:
I hadn’t seen her for thirty years. What was amazing, she hadn’t changed an inch.
How can we become a more durable society?
Isn’t it necessary that the idiom has to change its form to work. you are still standing? If not, how
come you are?
- What is one inch of a nut?
It’s an general purpose thing you haven’t-done is the iota – a greek letter meaning tiny thing
- idiomatically in English If you haven’t changed your mind, what are you doing about it? Some people may
refer to “not a jot” as “not
one iota”.
My wife wrote the expression without an inch and I was fine. It doesn’t fit a language in my own thoughts. Why? The origin of the idea of soldiers holding the line against an enemy – of not yielding to an attack.
The problem is that the two metaphors ( changing your mind and moving an inch) don’t fit easily together in this construction. What are the best ways to get the question straight to the person asking the question.
Alternatives, depending on your intention, might be.
So, you haven’t changed your mind, have you?
Do some of your readers hate us?
Why?
Is that possible?
If you don’t need to change
your mind, then whether you are ready for change or not, do you need some grounding?
What is an inch?
If we have enough time, do we have enough room to prepare?
As a mid-aged native English speaker, the intent of your dialog was clear to me and I understood the reference to the verb “not giving an inch”.
Do you think you merely haven’t changed your mind?
How many inches is not considered an inch?
Can you shorten the response time to
“Not an inch”?
I find this somewhat informal in tone. Do you think having the same conversation would be better since you are not likely to change your mind?
How do I do this?
No.
Not a bit.
What are some basic facts and figures regarding the nature of a human life?
Which are the best metaphors for distance? Is “Not a bit” safer but is blander?
“Not one bit. ” What is as strong as “not an inch” doesn’t have the sentiment of distance.
