Oct 2, 2009 14:24
14 yrs ago
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Russian term
Arm Petrosyan
маленький, да удаленький
Non-PRO
Russian to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
General, idiomatic
заранее благодарна
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Tatiana Willemsen-Golyandrina
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Artyom Timeyev
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
Russian Federation
Native Russian speaker
Native in: Russian 
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian
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tiny but shiny
small but mighty
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Andrey Belousov (X)
: Concise and right to the point./ I voted for small but mighty
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Erika Burdeniukaite
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engltrans
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Comment: "Thank you"
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James McVay
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Quality translations at reasonable rates
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, Bulgarian to English
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A few proverbs about size
"The best things come in small packages."
"Out of small acorns grow mighty oaks."
"It's not the size of the boat, it's the motion of the ocean."
"Don't judge a man by the size of his hat, but by the angle of his tilt."
. . . and of course:
"Size doesn't matter."
"Out of small acorns grow mighty oaks."
"It's not the size of the boat, it's the motion of the ocean."
"Don't judge a man by the size of his hat, but by the angle of his tilt."
. . . and of course:
"Size doesn't matter."
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sirgay (X)
: size doesn't matter :-)
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Thanks, sirgay. I kind of like that one, too.
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Artyom Timeyev
: да, про packages вертелось на языке, и about the oaks - хорошая пословица
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Thanks, CopperKettle.
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Zamira B.
: I like "Size doesn't matter."
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Thanks, Zamira.
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Aleksey Chervinskiy
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engltrans
: size doesn't matter - в оригинале поговорка, хотя пословицы тоже хороши
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Thanks, engltrans
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Artyom Timeyev
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
Russian Federation
Native Russian speaker
Native in: Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian
it's not how long you make it, it's how you make it long
Вспомнил еще одно выражение, кажется, изначально - из рекламы сигарет. (0: Извиняюсь за второй ответ.
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small but bold
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-10-02 15:27:22 GMT)
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You could write a serious of rhyming clues on an Irish theme. Such as:
It’s green, it’s round, it’s on the ground, underneath a tree.
He loves his gold, he’s small but bold, find him behind the blackboard.
Under the stairs where it’s cold is where you’ll find the pot of gold.
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/language-assistant/primary...
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-10-02 15:29:25 GMT)
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oh, the british council :-(
should have been 'series of rhyming clues"...
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-10-02 15:27:22 GMT)
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You could write a serious of rhyming clues on an Irish theme. Such as:
It’s green, it’s round, it’s on the ground, underneath a tree.
He loves his gold, he’s small but bold, find him behind the blackboard.
Under the stairs where it’s cold is where you’ll find the pot of gold.
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/language-assistant/primary...
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-10-02 15:29:25 GMT)
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oh, the british council :-(
should have been 'series of rhyming clues"...
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Good things come in small packages.
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small but tough
It all depends on where and how this is used. This is a phrase that came to mind. It googles fairly well, I might add.
6 hrs
small but smart
Apart from conveying the idea it also provides alliteration
Example sentence:
Small But Smart Dogs: Poodles: Dog IQ Number One In The World!
Small but smart public school makes it big.
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Tatiana Willemsen-Golyandrina
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in Russian
Works in field
Netherlands
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Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Dutch to English, and 1 more.
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