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Law/Patents - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Name of the Journal Article | | Russian term or phrase: И мал золотник, и пока дорог | | Название статьи в "Налоговом вестнике" |
| | | Little things come in small packages, and they're expensive for now. | Explanation:
This looks like it's a play on an idiom: мал золотник, да дорог
Translations for this include:
little bodies may have great souls
good things come in small packages
Thus, it seems to be saying something like:
good things may come in small packages, but they're still small.
The fact that this is part of a tax article suggests that the reference to expense is important.
So, something like:
Little things come in small packages, and they're expensive for now.
Hope that helps.
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Note added at 10 mins (2011-08-10 22:09:25 GMT)
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Oops. I meant "good things come in small packages, and they're expensive for now". :( |
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 Sam Pinson
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24 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 small packages are still full of good things, for now
Explanation:
Речь в статье идет о малом бизнесе. Что именно подразумевается под "и пока дорог", к сожалению, узнать не удалось, потому что текста статьи в гугле я не нашел. Только заголовок и маленький довесок:
Рагимов С.Н. И мал золотник и пока дорог: о малом бизнесе России / С.Н. Рагимов//Финансы.
| Mikhail Kropotov
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