The full quote in dirty imperial units:
I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I’m free.
– The Fast and the Furious
How was this translated to metric?
Offtopic: The expression “Give someone an inch, and they’ll take it a mile” is 得寸进尺 in Chinese. 寸 is Inch, 尺 is Ruler. So I guess its “Give someone an inch, and they go the distance of a ruler”? Its either 12 inch / 30 cm? Or is it 1 meter / 1 yard (ya know, those big rulers)?
Or maybe we should just say “Give someone an inch, and they’ll steal your ruler?” 😆
But anyways: I think most movies just literally translate the words so they don’t have to do conversions.
It alternatively:
“Give someone an inch and they’ll take over your kingdom”
(I know I’m misrepresenting but at least in my experience… it has happened quite a few times)