Feb 4, 2014 04:23
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Italian term
tanti pochi fanno assai
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mrketing
Pay attention Chris, I could think you are serious ;-)
In italian we say "tanti pochi fanno assai"!
In italian we say "tanti pochi fanno assai"!
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Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Italy
translating meaning, not just words
Native in: English 
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, English
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the small things add up
You really need to give more context - what the circumstances were, the discussion that went before. But here's my shot.
Or you could say, "many small things add up to a lot"
here is a similar expression
http://it.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2012051002544...
Or you could say, "many small things add up to a lot"
here is a similar expression
http://it.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2012051002544...
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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carly kelly
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Italy
For your want of a better word...
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, English, Irish to English
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pennies make pounds
what popped into my head when I saw this, but as Shera says, it really depends on the context, hence the medium confidence level
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Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
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Specializes in field
Italy
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, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
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mountains are made of pebbles
"Masters take great care in the small things because they know that mountains are made of pebbles". A quote from the Koran...
Confucius: 'The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.'
Confucius: 'The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.'
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Janice Giffin
Italy
Italy
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Specializes in field
Italy
Accuracy, reliability and timeliness
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...grains of sand make mountains..
from a well-known poem:
Waste not the smallest thing created, for grains of sand make mountains, and atomies infinity. Eric Knight
Waste not the smallest thing created, for grains of sand make mountains, and atomies infinity. Eric Knight
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Josephine Cassar
Malta
Malta
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Malta
12 yrs. experience translating EU stuff
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) , Maltese
Works in: English to Maltese, Italian to Maltese, French to Maltese, and 3 more.
waste not, want not/look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
That's what we say, but not enough context; just a sentence
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