| 单词 | every little helps |
| 释义 | > as lemmasevery little helps b. every little helps. ΚΠ 1742 ‘G. A. P. Briton’ Some Impartial Thoughts Woollen Manufacturies 44 He gives us the following Causes of the Decay of the Woollen Trade... 2. From the Importation of Russia ‘Drabs’. To obviate which he would lay a high Duty on that Manufacture. Thus every Little helps to puzzle the Matter. 1750 Midwife No. 5 193 Every little helps (as the old Woman said when she did something in the Sea). 1791 J. O'Keeffe Wild Oats v. iii. 64 It is'n't much, but every little helps. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xiii. 90 It's a very old saying, that every little helps. 1873 ‘M. Twain’ in ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age xxiv. 226 Every little helps, you know. 1936 ‘G. Orwell’ Let. 14 Feb. in Coll. Ess. (1968) I. 163 I expect I can either review it or get it reviewed... Not that that gives one much of a boost, but every little helps. 1967 V. Canning Python Project iv. 63 Carry on. Every little helps. You might turn up something. 2012 T. Leahy Managem. in 10 Words iv. 131 Our internal value of ‘No one tries harder for customers’ is explained through the idea of ‘Every Little Helps’. < as lemmas |
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