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1 a mouse may help a lion
syn: an inch is as good as an ellі миша може допомогти леву an inch is as good as an ellEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a mouse may help a lion
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2 souvent
souvent [suvɑ̃]adverb• le plus souvent, ça marche bien more often than not it works well* * *suvɑ̃adverbe often••on a souvent besoin d'un plus petit que soi — Proverbe a mouse may help a lion
* * *suvɑ̃ advle plus souvent — more often than not, most often
peu souvent — seldom, infrequently
* * *souvent adv often; assez souvent quite often; très/trop souvent very/too often; peu souvent not very often; le plus souvent more often than not; c'est souvent ce qui arrive that's what often happens; je le fais plus souvent qu'à mon tour I do it more often than I should.on a souvent besoin d'un plus petit que soi Prov a mouse may help a lion.[suvɑ̃] adverbeil ne vient pas souvent nous voir he doesn't often come and see us, he seldom comes to see usle plus souvent c'est elle qui conduit most often ou more often than not ou usually, she's the one who does the driving -
3 an inch is as good as an ell
syn: small rain lays ( або will lay) great dustіноді дюйм дорожчий за ярд ≅ мала бджола, а більш за великого знає хоч річка і невеличка, а береги ломить a mouse may help a lionEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > an inch is as good as an ell
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4 _сила та слабкість; велике та мале
all great minds run in the same channel better to be a big toad in a small puddle than a small toad in a big puddle burn not your house to rid of the mouse conceit is nature's gift to small men to make up for that which they don't have every great man is unique every oak has been an acorn for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost grain by grain, and the hen fills her belly a great ship asks deep waters great men are not always wise the greatest crabs be not all the best heavy burdens kill little people, but they make great ones he that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities an inch is as good as an ell the Iamb who bites a wolf never bites again little boats should stay close to shore little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above it a little body often harbours a great soul little things worry little minds many a little makes a mickle a mouse may help a lion none thinks the great unhappy oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm one man's weakness is another man's chance one swallow does not make a summer a small leak will sink a great ship there are no small steps in great affairs there is safety in numbers trifles lead to serious matters trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle union is strength the weakest goes to the wallEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _сила та слабкість; велике та мале
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5 Все может случиться - и богатый к бедному стучится
The rich and powerful may sometimes need the help of the poor and weakCf: A lion may come to be beholden to a mouse (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Все может случиться - и богатый к бедному стучится
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