many a mickle makes a muckle

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmɛni‿ə ˈmɪk(ə)l meɪks‿ə ˈmʌk(ə)l/
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• General-American: /ˌmɛni‿ə ˈmɪkəl meɪks‿ə ˈmʌkəl/
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• rhymes with -ʌkəl
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28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: hər bir tük versə, kosa da saqqallı olar — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Danish: mange bække små gør en stor å — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Dutch: vele kleintjes maken een grote — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Dutch: elke dag een draadje is een hemdsmouw in het jaar — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Finnish: pienistä puroista syntyy suuri joki — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• French: les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• French: petit à petit, l'oiseau fait son nid — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• German: Kleinvieh macht auch Mist — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• German: steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Hungarian: sok kicsi sokra megy — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Icelandic: margt smátt gerir eitt stórt — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Irish: bailíonn brobh beart — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Jamaican Creole: every mikkle mek a mukkle — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Japanese: 塵も積もれば山となる (chiri-mo tsumoreba yama-to naru) — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Korean: 티끌 모아 태산 (tikkeul moa taesan) — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Korean: 백지장도 맞들면 낫다 (baekjijangdo matdeulmyeon natda) — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Malay: sedikit-sedikit, lama-lama jadi bukit — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Malay: sehari selembar benang, lama-lama menjadi kain — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Polish: ziarnko do ziarnka, a zbierze się miarka — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Portuguese: grão a grão enche a galinha o papo — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Russian: с миру по нитке – голому руба́ха — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Slovene: zrno na zrno pogača kamen na kamen palača — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Spanish: muchos pocos hacen un mucho — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Swedish: många bäckar små gör en stor å — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Turkish: damlaya damlaya göl olur — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Ukrainian: крапля камінь точить. (kraplja kaminʹ točytʹ.) — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Vietnamese: góp gió thành bão — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount
• Vietnamese: tích tiểu thành đại — lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount