The concept that if there is an additional benefit to doing slightly more work in the realm of the work one was previously engaged in, that one should do said extra work.
"Why did you decide to learn German"?

"Well I already spoke Yiddish, which is 90% German, so I figured ; If you go 5000 feet, you might as well go a mile."
by JayPlotz February 12, 2016
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