| 单词 | a little goes a long way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa little (——) goes a long way a. a little (——) goes a long way. ΚΠ 1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 510/1 A little gentleness of manner goes a long way with such children as we were all then. 1828 Missionary Herald (Boston) June 187/1 They received a little weekly aid (and a little, in an industrious and thrifty family, goes a long way,) from the public store. 1872 S. Hale Lett. (1918) 84 I get fearfully tired, and a very little Abbey goes a long way with me. 1910 E. M. Forster Howards End xxiv. 201 Dolly's a good little woman..but a little of her goes a long way. 1951 J. Masters Nightrunners of Bengal i. i. 3 A little of Caroline Langford went a long way. 2003 Caribbean World Winter 65/1 This recipe..is ridiculously rich... a little goes a long way. < as lemmas |
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