It most froze me to hear such talk. he wouldn’t ever dared to talk such talk in his life before. just see what a difference it made in him the minute he judged he was about free. it was according to the old saying, “give a guy an inch and he'll take an ell.” which of the following is the best meaning of the word “ell” as it is used in this excerpt? a pipe with a sharp 45 degree angle an extension that forms a right angle the length of a person’s arm to the elbow a length equal to approximately 45 inches