many a mickle makes a muckle

Usage notes
The original form of the proverb was many a little (or pickle) makes a 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 to mean “a large quantity”, even though muckle is a variant of mickle and both mean “a large quantity”. The vowel change suggests the influence of.

Proverb

 * 1)  A lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: mange bække små gør en stor å
 * Dutch: vele kleintjes maken een grote
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: bailíonn brobh beart
 * Jamaican Creole: every mikkle mek a mukkle
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:, ,
 * Malay: sedikit-sedikit, lama-lama jadi bukit, sehari selembar benang, lama-lama menjadi kain
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: grão a grão enche a galinha o papo
 * Russian: копе́йка рубль бережёт, с миру по нитке – голому руба́ха
 * Slovene: zrno na zrno pogača kamen na kamen palača
 * Spanish: muchos pocos hacen un mucho
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: damlaya damlaya göl olur.
 * Vietnamese:, tích tiểu thành đại