<Li> In Finnish, there is the expression Jos antaa pirulle pikkusormen, se vie koko käden ("If you offer the devil (even just) a little finger, it takes the whole hand / arm"). </Li> <Li> In German, there is the expression "Gib jemandem den kleinen Finger, und er nimmt die ganze Hand" ("If you give somebody the little finger, he will take your whole hand"). </Li> <Li> In Dutch, there is the expression "als je hem een vinger geeft, neemt hij de hele hand" ("If you give him a finger, he will take your whole hand"). </Li> <Li> In Portuguese and Spanish, the correspondent to this idiom is "Você dá uma mão, e eles querem o braço inteiro" ("You lend a hand, and they want the whole arm"), and "Uno le da la mano y le agarran el codo" ("you lend a hand, and they grab the elbow"). </Li>

If the camel once gets his nose in the tent his body will soon follow