inchmeal | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Gradually,little by little(an inch at a time).1610–1611(date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene ii]:All the infections that the sun sucks up / From bogs, fens, flats, on Prosper fall, and make him / Byinch-meala disease!1725, Daniel Defoe,Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business‎[1]:Those who are not thus slippery in the tail, are light of finger; and of these the most pernicious are those who beggar youinchmeal.1822, Charles and Mary Lamb,The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (Vol. 6)‎[2]:I am a sanguinary murderer of time, and would kill himinchmealjust now.1901, Maurice Hewlett,The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay‎[3]:He could be as patient as Death, thatinchmealstalker of his prey; he could be as ruthless as the sea, and incredibly generous upon occasion.

Examples:

EN: All the infections that the sun sucks up from bogs, fens, flats on Prospera fall and make her by inchmeal a disease!
ES: ¡Que todas las infecciones que el sol absorba de ciénagas, pantanos marismas, caigan en Prospera y hagan cada centímetro de ella una enfermedad!
ID: Aku harap segala penyakit dari rawa-rawa menjangkiti Prospera, inci demi inci sekujur tubuhnya!

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