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1 constant dropping wears away a stone
syn: little strokes fell great oaks≅ мала крапля великий камінь продовбає з упертих люди бувають вода м'яка, а камінь пробиває вперта праця все переможе впертість і труд все перетрутьEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > constant dropping wears away a stone
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2 drop by drop the sea is drained
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3 feather by feather a goose is plucked
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4 little strokes fell great oaks
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5 _наполегливість; терпіння; цілеспрямованість
bear and forbear constant dropping wears away a stone diligence is the mother of good luck even a worm will turn everything comes to him who knows how to wait he that can have patience can have what he will if he cannot bite, he scratches no pains, no gains patience is a flower that grows not in every garden patience is a plaster for all sores patience is a remedy for every trouble patience is a virtue patience is the key of paradise patience, time and money overcome everything Rome was not built in a day there are more ways to the wood than oneEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _наполегливість; терпіння; цілеспрямованість
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