English Dictionary

little strokes fell great oaks

ことわざ

慣用表現

(idiomatic) Small but persistent efforts can lead to big results.

日本語の意味

少しずつの積み重ねが大きな成果を生み出す。 / 小さい努力でも継続すれば、大きな結果に繋がる。 / 小さな一歩の積み重ねが、最終的に大きな成果をもたらす。

Whenever I felt discouraged, I remembered the proverb little strokes fell great oaks and kept working a little each day.

小さな努力を積み重ねれば大きな成果につながる。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) Small but persistent efforts can lead to big results.

“Little strokes fell great oaks,” says the steady worker. “One stroke fells not an oak,” makes a piece of advice to the impetuous. In danger the insignificant may console themselves with the reflection that “Oaks may fall and reeds brave the storm.