"many a mickle makes a muckle" meaning in English

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Proverb

IPA: /ˌmɛni‿ə ˈmɪk(ə)l meɪks‿ə ˈmʌk(ə)l/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌmɛni‿ə ˈmɪkəl meɪks‿ə ˈmʌkəl/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-many a mickle makes a muckle.oga [US]
Rhymes: -ʌkəl Head templates: {{head|en|proverb|head=}} many a mickle makes a muckle, {{en-proverb}} many a mickle makes a muckle
  1. (chiefly Northern England, Scotland) A lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland Synonyms: every little helps, little and often fills the purse, many a little makes a mickle, many a pickle makes a mickle, take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves Related terms: a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step Translations (lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount): mange bække små gør en stor å (Danish), vele kleintjes maken een grote (Dutch), les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières (French), petit à petit (French), l’oiseau fait son nid (French), Kleinvieh macht auch Mist (German), steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein (German), sok kicsi sokra megy (Hungarian), bailíonn brobh beart (Irish), every mikkle mek a mukkle (Jamaican Creole), 塵も積もれば山となる (chiri-mo tsumoreba yama-to naru) (alt: ちりもつもればやまとなる) (Japanese), 티끌 모아 태산 (tikkeul moa taesan) (Korean), 백지장도 맞들면 낫다 (baekjijangdo matdeulmyeon natda) (Korean), sedikit-sedikit, lama-lama jadi bukit (Malay), sehari selembar benang, lama-lama menjadi kain (Malay), ziarnko do ziarnka, a zbierze się miarka (Polish), grão a grão enche a galinha o papo (Portuguese), с миру по нитке – голому руба́ха (note: somewhat) (alt: s miru po nitke – golomu rubáxa) (Russian), zrno na zrno pogača kamen na kamen palača (Slovene), muchos pocos hacen un mucho (Spanish), många bäckar små gör en stor å (Swedish), damlaya damlaya göl olur. (Turkish), góp gió thành bão (Vietnamese), tích tiểu thành đại (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount",
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