Zrno po zrno pogača, kamen po kamen palača

English translation: many a little makes a mickle

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Croatian term or phrase:Zrno po zrno pogača, kamen po kamen palača
English translation:many a little makes a mickle
Entered by: Domagoj

19:27 Oct 31, 2013
Croatian to English translations [PRO]
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Croatian term or phrase: Zrno po zrno pogača, kamen po kamen palača
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Domagoj
Local time: 10:02
many a little makes a mickle
Explanation:
ili:
penny and penny laid up will be many
grain by grain and the hen fills her belly
little and often fills the purse
ref. Rečnik idioma, B. Milosavljević, Margot Vilijams-Milosavljević
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Mira Stepanovic
Serbia
Local time: 10:02
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4 +2many a little makes a mickle
Mira Stepanovic
5Inch by inch, everything is a cinch.
Mirta Didara


  

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many a little makes a mickle


Explanation:
ili:
penny and penny laid up will be many
grain by grain and the hen fills her belly
little and often fills the purse
ref. Rečnik idioma, B. Milosavljević, Margot Vilijams-Milosavljević

Mira Stepanovic
Serbia
Local time: 10:02
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 4

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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Inch by inch, everything is a cinch.


Explanation:
Malo po malo, sve se da napraviti.
Pandan je ona kineska: Put od 10 000 milja pocinje prvim korakom.
Dodatne reference se mogu naci u zbirkama poslovica.



Example sentence(s):
  • Inch by inch, anything is a cinch.
  • Inch by inch, life's a cinch. Yard by yard, life is hard. (Alternativno: Mile by mile, life is a trial. )

    Reference: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/321104-inch-by-inch-life-s-a...
Mirta Didara
Croatia
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Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian
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