många bäckar små gör en stor å

Swedish

Alternative forms

• många bäckar små blir en stor å

Etymology

Literally, "many small creeks make a large river".

Proverb

många bäckar små gör en stor å

1. many a mickle makes a muckle
   • 2022, 35:59 from the start, in Ulrika Lindfors-Davis, transl., The Sandman, season 1, episode 11 (overall work in English), spoken by Fate Crone (Souad Faress):

     Och de har också haft det svårt på sistone. Men många bäckar små gör en stor å som den gamla kvinnan sa när hon kissade i havet.

     And indeed have they have had a difficult time of late. Still, every litte bit helps as the old woman said when she pissed in the sea.

Alternative forms

• många bäckar små