Mar 19, 2010 19:18
14 yrs ago
English term
be sure to bring back an acorn
English to German
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
When you emerge from the forest, be sure to bring back an acorn!
Was will mir dieser Satz sagen??? Wfür steht die Eichel und wie heißt der Spruch im Deutschen, damit er Sinn ergibt???
Vielen Dank im Voraus.
Was will mir dieser Satz sagen??? Wfür steht die Eichel und wie heißt der Spruch im Deutschen, damit er Sinn ergibt???
Vielen Dank im Voraus.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | Aus einer kleinen Eichel wird ein grosser Baum. |
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Mar 18, 2015 08:24: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Human Resources" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Proposed translations
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Aus einer kleinen Eichel wird ein grosser Baum.
müsste im "Wander" stehen, der auf meinem Mac leider nicht mehr läuft
Peer comment(s):
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Thomas Pfann
: Ich kenn das so: "Es ist kein Baum, der nicht zuvor ein Sträuchlein gewesen." Aber ob das hier gemeint ist?
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Das weiß ich nicht, wer den Wander auf CD-Rom hat (und Windows) kann nachschauen
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Reinhold Wehrmann
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Danke!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Vielen Dank Uwe!"
Reference comments
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Reference:
Saying
"Great oaks from little acorns grow" is an old English saying - in other words (in your context) bring back an acorn and let it grow into something big.
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Barbara Wiebking
: Das passt super! Und hier die passenden Backförmchen dazu: http://www.backformen-shop.de/shop/product_info.php?cPath=39... ;-)
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Reference:
A forest is in an acorn
NATURE’S LABORATORY
"A forest is in an acorn."
-- Proverb
The next time you see an acorn laying in your path, stop and examine it. Feel it’s heft in
your palm, study it’s design and structure, run a finger along the circumference of its
scruffy cap and its glassy casing. Indeed, locked away in that modest seed are the
blueprints of an oak tree. Gather a handful, and you’re holding a potential grove. Gather
a burlap sack’s worth, and you’re cradling a future forest. Given enough time, that one
seed displayed in the hollow of your palm could grow to be a towering monument to the
accomplishment of the humble seed.
Source: See link below.
"A forest is in an acorn."
-- Proverb
The next time you see an acorn laying in your path, stop and examine it. Feel it’s heft in
your palm, study it’s design and structure, run a finger along the circumference of its
scruffy cap and its glassy casing. Indeed, locked away in that modest seed are the
blueprints of an oak tree. Gather a handful, and you’re holding a potential grove. Gather
a burlap sack’s worth, and you’re cradling a future forest. Given enough time, that one
seed displayed in the hollow of your palm could grow to be a towering monument to the
accomplishment of the humble seed.
Source: See link below.
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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Barbara Wiebking
: Schön! Hier gibt's auch ein schönes Buch zum Thema: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Mann,_der_Bäume_pflanzte
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