mighty oaks from little acorns grow

English

Alternative forms

• great oaks from little acorns grow (the most usual form in the UK)
• tall oaks from little acorns grow

Proverb

mighty oaks from little acorns grow
(the most usual form in the US)

1. Something great can come from a modest beginning.

   Don't give up on the project - mighty oaks from little acorns grow!

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: pienestä voi tulla suurta
• French: petit poisson deviendra grand

See also

• little strokes fell great oaks

Further reading

• “mighty oaks from little acorns grow”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “mighty oaks from little acorns grow”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “mighty oaks from little acorns grow”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.