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>>5
>Don't measure(look closely) it in millimeters
How does that even begin to makes sense? It's pretty obvious this is used in the metaphoric sense.

ミリ単位で見切る means to see things at only an infinitesimal scale, i.e., to be myopic, shortsighted, quick to judge, intolerant, etc.

達人かと思うだろ！

Depending on what comes after this, it could be understood as "Don't act like you know what I have up my sleeve!" "You think you're some kind of expert!", essentially questioning her authority to make such a distinction. Typically Japanese asshat.