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Many a mickle makes a muckle

Meaning: many small contributions or efforts, when combined, can result in a large or significant outcome

"The original form of the proverb was many a little (or pickle) makes a mickle, mickle meaning “a great amount”. However, it became corrupted to many a mickle makes a muckle, leading to mickle being thought to mean “a small quantity” and muckle to mean “a large quantity”, even though muckle is a variant of mickle and both mean “a large quantity”.[1] The vowel change suggests the influence of ablaut reduplication."
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/many_a_m ... s_a_muckle

Ablaut reduplication, eh? Whoever would have thought it?

I remember Mr.Hudson from Upstairs Downstairs quoting that in his ads for Morrisons. He reckoned it meant "look after the pence and the pounds will look after themselves."

He also said "maks" instead of "makes" but I think that was just so it would sound more Scottish, to play into the national stereotype of being - er - thrifty, like Yorkshire people.

Someone once said to me: "babybird, keep young and beautiful if you wanna be loved"

The dog that will bite does not bark

Yeah there's a few about dogs

But they were wrong. True love isn't about youth and this beauty thing at all. That's just infatuation and a shallow apology for love.

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Thanks man

You see now why I love coming here

A bird in the hand will probably s**t in it.

A 1st class w*nk is better than a 2nd class sh*g.

Sometimes the best way to help is to get out of the way.

I wish the porter who tried to help when I was packing the car today had lived by that proverb. It brings to mind this proverb, which has proved its value to me many times:

If you want a job doing right, do it yourself.

I suspect it's even more valid for us than it is for NTs.