English Dictionary

many a mickle makes a muckle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌmɛni‿ə ˈmɪk(ə)l meɪks‿ə ˈmʌk(ə)l/

ことわざ

イングランド北部方言 スコットランド英語

(chiefly Northern England, Scotland) A lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount.

日本語の意味

小さなものの積み重ねが、大きな結果を生むという意味。 / 少量のものが集まれば、最終的に大きな量となるという考え方。 / 細々としたものが合わさると、まとまって大きなものになるという教訓。

She saves every spare coin in a jar, convinced that many a mickle makes a muckle.

彼女は使わない小銭を瓶に貯めており、塵も積もれば山となると信じている。

意味（1）

(chiefly Northern England, Scotland) A lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount.

People are often ruined before they are aware of the danger, by buying everything they think they want, without adverting to a Scotch adage—than which nothing in nature is more true—that many mickles make a muckle. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this is the first occurrence of the term in print.