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¼Ó´ãÀ¸·Î¼ 'many a little makes a mickle'´Â 18¼¼±â 'look after the pennies (¿ø·¡´Â 'take care of the pence'), and the pounds will look after ('take care of') themselves'À̶õ Ç¥ÇöÀ» Áö±Ý¿¡ ¿Í¼´Â ±¤¹üÀ§ÇÏ°Ô ´ëüÇÏ¿© »ç¿ëµÇ´Â °ü¿ë±¸°¡ µÇ¾ú´Ù.
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"Many a little makes a micle."
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"A Scotch [steady on George, I think they prefer to be called Scots] addage, than which nothing in nature is more true 'that many mickles make a muckle'."
ÀÌ ¼Ó´ãÀÇ º¯Çü ÇüÅÂÀÎ 'many a mickle makes a muckle' ¿ª½Ã ¶§¶§·Î µé¸®´Âµ¥ À̰ÍÀº mickle°ú muckleÀÌ °¢°¢ ¡®ÀÛÀº¡¯°ú ¡®Ä¿´Ù¶õ¡¯À̶õ ¶æÀ¸·Î À߸ø ÀÌÇØÇÑ °Í¿¡¼ À¯·¡µÈ ¸»µµ ¾ÈµÇ´Â 20¼¼±â ¹öÀüÀ¸·Î ÀÌÇØÇÏ¸é µÈ´Ù.
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