Subject | Russian | English |
idiom. | курочка по зёрнышку клюёт | little by little, a little becomes a lot (Tanzanian proverb Lifestruck) |
Scotl. | курочка по зёрнышку клюёт | many a mickle makes a muckle (КГА) |
proverb | курочка по зёрнышку клюёт, да сыта бывает | little by tittle makes a mickle |
proverb | курочка по зёрнышку клюёт, да сыта бывает | many a little makes a mickle (Solo) |
proverb | курочка по зёрнышку клюёт, да сыта бывает | every little makes a mickle |
proverb | курочка по зёрнышку клюёт, да сыта бывает | grain by grain, and the hen fills her belly (used to mean: one should be satisfied by what little one has (gets), for "little" happens to turn gradually into 'big enough") |