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Translation - Turks-Engels - damlaya damlaya göl olur

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Title
damlaya damlaya göl olur
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Submitted by matingbil
Source language: Turks

damlaya damlaya göl olur
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Atasözü

Title
many drops make an ocean
Translation
Engels

Translated by serba
Target language: Engels

many drops make an ocean
Remarks about the translation
Literally, the Turkish original means "Drop by drop a lake is made."
Laaste geakkrediteerde redigering deur kafetzou - 21 August 2007 00:54





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18 August 2007 12:05

serba
Number of messages: 655
little by little it becomes bigger

bu nasıl bu da benden...

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18 August 2007 22:43

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
I would translate it literally: Drop by drop it becomes a lake (or a lake is made).

What is a mickle?

20 August 2007 09:48

samanthalee
Number of messages: 235
Oh horrors!! We, the English Experts, have not heard of the phrase "many a little makes a mickle" until you came along. Oh gosh, I'm so ashamed of myself.

No, really, thanks for teaching us a new phrase.

20 August 2007 13:08

serba
Number of messages: 655
Oh my god .I was wondering why I couldn't learn English well for so long. Now I know...

if there are any English experts that want to know more about English please dont hesitate to call my personal number 54517617626798792879 lol lol )))))

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20 August 2007 15:00

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
Sorry, guys - I'm lost! What the hell is "many a little makes a mickle"???

CC: samanthalee serba

20 August 2007 15:05

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
OK - I googled it, and it's all over the internet, but apparently it is British, and neither I nor my Canadian boyfriend had ever heard it.

If the requester wants something that will be universally understood by all English speakers, this one will not work.

20 August 2007 15:10

serba
Number of messages: 655






mickle
(also muckle) archaic or Scottish & N. English

• noun a large amount.

• adjective very large.

— PHRASES many a little makes a mickle (also many a mickle makes a muckle) many small amounts accumulate to make a large amount.

— ORIGIN Old English.

— USAGE The forms mickle and muckle are merely variants of the same (now dialect) word meaning ‘a large amount’. However, the alternative form of the proverb (originally a misquotation) has led to a misunderstanding that mickle means ‘a small amount’.





20 August 2007 15:17

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
Where is it used?

20 August 2007 15:22

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
How about "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"?

20 August 2007 15:25

Rodrigues
Number of messages: 1621
I've found it here, there is written, that's scottish...
Could I help?

20 August 2007 18:10

Francky5591
Number of messages: 12396
In my old dictionary, I've got the word "MICKLE", it is an adjective which means "beaucoup de" and it is writen : "(see MUCH)"

21 August 2007 00:50

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
OK, OK. I guess I'm not making myself clear. I believe you guys that this phrase exists someplace. I'm just saying that nobody in North America ever heard of a "mickle", so if the requester wants this phrase understood by people in North America, it would be better to translate it literally.

21 August 2007 00:51

samanthalee
Number of messages: 235
How about "Many drops make an ocean"?



21 August 2007 00:54

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
Sounds good to me. I'm going to change it.