YOU SAID:
Give them an inch and they’ll take a mile.
INTO JAPANESE
彼らに1インチ与えると彼らは1マイルかかるでしょう。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
If you give them an inch, they will take a mile.
INTO JAPANESE
あなたが彼らに1インチを与えるならば、彼らは1マイルかかるでしょう。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
If you give them an inch, they will take a mile.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.