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121 mnogi
• a great deal; a number of; great deal; many; mickle; much -
122 velik
• ample; big; bulky; capitol; formidable; grand; great; massy; mickle; munificent; noble; plenty; splendent; splendently; tall; thumping; vast; vastly -
123 С миру по нитке - голому рубаха.
фраз. Many a pickle makes a mickle.Дополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > С миру по нитке - голому рубаха.
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124 копейка рубль бережёт
look after the pence and the pounds will look after themselves (take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves), many a little makes a mickleРусско-английский словарь Wiktionary > копейка рубль бережёт
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125 sok
(DE) Viel {pl}; Vielzahl {e}; viel; (EN) a good deal of; a good many; a great many; a lot of; a number of; any amount; any number; deal; gob; host of; hosts of; lashings; lot; lots of; many; mickle; might; much; muckle; numerous; power; scores; several; whacking; whacking-great -
126 _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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127 a small leak will sink a great ship
var: little leaks sink the shipsyn: many drops of water will sink a shipmany a little ( або a pickle) makes a mickleвід маленької течі може потонути великий корабель ≅ і малий псюк глибоко вкусить з малої іскри великий вогонь буває і малі камінці роблять синці малим почалося, а великим кінчилося і граб, і дуб від малої сокири падає малий хробак і великого дуба підточитьEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a small leak will sink a great ship
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128 grain by grain, and the hen fills her belly
syn: every little helps≅ курка по зерну клює та сита буває громада по нитці та й бідному сорочка з хати по нитці – сироті свитинаEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > grain by grain, and the hen fills her belly
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Mickle — is a surname. People with the surname Mickle include: Andrew H. Mickle, the Mayor of New York from 1846 to 1847 Charles Mickle, (1849 1910), a Canadian politician Charles Mickle (golfer) Stephan P. Mickle (born 1944), an American lawyer and judge … Wikipedia
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mickle — (adj.) dialectal survival of O.E. micel, mycel great, intense, big, long, much, many, from P.Gmc. *mekilaz (Cf. O.S. mikil, O.N. mikill, O.H.G. mihhil, Goth. mikils), from PIE root *meg great, large (Cf. Armenian mets great; Skt. mahat great … Etymology dictionary
mickle — [mik′əl] adj., adv., n. [ME (Northern) mikel < OE micel, infl. by ON mikell: for IE base see MUCH] Now Chiefly Scot. much … English World dictionary
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mickle — I Cleveland Dialect List much, large; a large quantity: it cost a mickle o money , mickle wad ha mair II North Country (Newcastle) Words much, great (D m & N d) … English dialects glossary
mickle — see many a little makes a mickle many a mickle makes a muckle … Proverbs new dictionary
mickle — adj. & n. (also muckle) archaic or Sc. adj. much, great. n. a large amount. Phrases and idioms: many a little makes a mickle (orig. erron. many a mickle makes a muckle) many small amounts accumulate to make a large amount. Etymology: ME f. ON… … Useful english dictionary