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Great oaks from little acorns grow, and Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Prov. Immense things can come from small sources. Don't tell lies, not even small ones. Great oaks from little acorns grow. like stealing acorns from a blind pig Rur. very easy. Getting Mary to sign the house over to me was like stealing acorns from a blind pig. Tom: Was it hard to fool so many people? Charlie: Nope. It was like stealing acorns from a blind pig. 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 world, was founded in 1975 by just two men. It goes to show that great oaks from little acorns grow. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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TWL06 adds the words ACORNED and DRACENA, so both "O" and "A" need to occur in the anamonic now. |
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