great oaks from little acorns grow
- great oaks from little acorns grow
c 1385 CHAUCER Troilus & Criseyde II. 1335 As an ook comth of a litel spir [shoot], So thorugh this letter..Encressen gan desir.
1579 S. GOSSON School of Abuse 20v But Tall Cedars from little graynes shoote high: great Oakes, from slender rootes spread wide.
1584 J. WITHALS Dict. (rev. ed.) D4 Of a nut springes an hasill, and of an Akorn an hie or tall oke.
1732 T. FULLER Gnomologia no. 4576 The greatest Oaks have been little Acorns.
1777 D. EVERETT in Columbian Orator (1797) 58 Large streams from little fountains flow, Tall oaks from little acorns grow.
1923 Times 13 Oct. 7 Here in England, as nowhere else in the world, ‘great oaks from little acorns grow’. The oak, as the emblem of British strength, has been symbolic in many ways.
2002 Times 28 Mar. 27 One shouldn’t sneer. From little acorns do mighty oak trees grow.
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Great oaks from little acorns grow. — Great/Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. something that you say in order to emphasize that a large, successful organization or plan was very small or simple when it began. Microsoft, which is now the biggest independent software company in the… … New idioms dictionary
great oaks from little acorns grow — ► great oaks from little acorns grow proverb something of small or modest proportions may grow into something very large or impressive. Main Entry: ↑oak … English terms dictionary
great oaks from little acorns grow — As great oak trees grow from tiny acorns, so many great people or things grew from a small and unimportant beginning, so be patient. A proverb. * /Many great men were once poor, unimportant boys. Great oaks from little acorns grow./ … Dictionary of American idioms
great oaks from little acorns grow — As great oak trees grow from tiny acorns, so many great people or things grew from a small and unimportant beginning, so be patient. A proverb. * /Many great men were once poor, unimportant boys. Great oaks from little acorns grow./ … Dictionary of American idioms
great\ oaks\ from\ little\ acorns\ grow — proverb As great oak trees grow from tiny acorns, so many great people or things grew from a small and unimportant beginning, so be patient. Many great men were once poor, unimportant boys. Great oaks from little acorns grow … Словарь американских идиом
great oaks from little acorns grow — great/tall ˌoaks from little acorns ˈgrow idiom (saying) something large and successful often begins in a very small way Main entry: ↑oakidiom … Useful english dictionary
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. — Great/Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. something that you say in order to emphasize that a large, successful organization or plan was very small or simple when it began. Microsoft, which is now the biggest independent software company in the… … New idioms dictionary
mighty oaks from little acorns grow — mighty (or great) oaks from little acorns grow proverb something of small or modest dimensions may grow into something very large or impressive … Useful english dictionary
tall oaks from little acorns grow — great/tall ˌoaks from little acorns ˈgrow idiom (saying) something large and successful often begins in a very small way Main entry: ↑oakidiom … Useful english dictionary
mighty oaks from little acorns grow — Big or great things start very small … The small dictionary of idiomes
