många bäckar små gör en stor å

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Etymology

Literally, "many small creeks make a large river".

Proverb

många bäckar små gör en stor å

  1. many a mickle makes a muckle
    • 2022, 35:59 from the start, in Ulrika Lindfors-Davis, transl., The Sandman, season 1, episode 11 (overall work in English), spoken by Fate Crone (Souad Faress):
      Och de har också haft det svårt på sistone. Men många bäckar små gör en stor å som den gamla kvinnan sa när hon kissade i havet.
      And indeed have they have had a difficult time of late. Still, every litte bit helps as the old woman said when she pissed in the sea.

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