Idiom
little strokes fell great oaks
Meaning
Small but persistent efforts can lead to big results.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Little strokes fell great oaks, so keep working every day.”
“Learning a new language is hard, but little strokes fell great oaks if you practice consistently.”
“Though the task seemed insurmountable, she remembered that little strokes fell great oaks and continued her steady, incremental progress toward the goal.”
Examples
simple
“Little strokes fell great oaks, so keep working every day.”
contextual
“Learning a new language is hard, but little strokes fell great oaks if you practice consistently.”
complex
“Though the task seemed insurmountable, she remembered that little strokes fell great oaks and continued her steady, incremental progress toward the goal.”
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