The basic observations and socio-logic

LITTLE:BIG /A LITTLE:A LOT

from a little comes much; from a small beginning or trifle comes great damage

The literature references of the proverb type:

Abbreviation: APp

Karapetjan, G.O. (ed.): Armjanskie poslovitsy i pogovorki. 1973 Moskva: Nauka. ARMENIAN/RUS*,RUS

Proverb number(s): 790, 268.

Abbreviation: Aqu

Aquilina, J.: A Comparative Dictionary of Maltese Proverbs 1972 Malta: The Royal University of Malta.. MALTESE/ENG*,ARAB,ENG,GER,ITA,FR,SPA,PERS,AFR>ENG*,>FR*

Proverb on page: 130. Proverb number(s) on page: 119.

We have spoiled them, they have climbed upon our back (Arabic) / Si on lui donne un pouce, il en prendra long comme le bras

Change of metaphor: inch,ell -- foot,four (feet) *FR

Abbreviation: Ber

Bergfors, Georg: Ordspråk, talesätt och härm på ytterlännäsmål. Skrifter utgivna genom Dialekt- och folkminnesarkivet i Uppsala. Ser. B. 1981 Sollefteå : Dahlbergs bokhandel.. SWE

Proverb on page: 27.

Abbreviation: BNm

Ikonomov, N.I.: Balkanska narodna madrost 1968 Sofia: Balgarskata akademija na naukite.. BULG,ALB,GRE,RUM,RUS,SERB,TURK

Proverb number(s): 435.

Abbreviation: Cel

Celakovský, F.L.: Murdosloví národu slovanského v príslovích. 1852 Praze: Nakladatelstvi Aloisa Hynka knihkupectví.. SLOVAK/RUS*...

Proverb on page: 52.

Abbreviation: Cel93

Celakovský, F.L.: Murdosloví národu slovanského v príslovích. 2. edition. 1893 Praze: Nakladatelstvi Aloisa Hynka knihkupectví.. SLOVAK/RUS*...

Proverb on page: 405. Proverb on page: 71. Additional number(s) and notes: Part II.

Abbreviation: Dal

Dalj,V.: Poslovitsy russkogo naroda 1862/1957 Moskva: M.O. Wolf. RUS,RUS*

Proverb on page: 215.

Abbreviation: Dal I

Dalj,V.: Tolkovyj Slovarj I 1880-1882/1955 Moskva: M.O. Wolf. RUS

Proverb on page: 235.

Abbreviation: DOm

Tang Kristensen, Evald (ed.): Danske ordsprog, og mundheld, skjæmtsprog, stedlige talemåder, ordspil og samtaleord. 1890 Kjöbenhavn: Gyldendalske boghandel.. DAN

Proverb on page: 52. Proverb number(s) on page: 1416. Additional number(s) and notes: (6445).

Abbreviation: Dür I

Düringsfeld, Ida von — Reinsberg-Düringsfeld., Otto von: Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen I 1872 Leipzig: Hermann Fries.. GER and BOHEM,DAN,DUT,ENG,FR,HUNG,ITA,LAT,POL,SWE etc./GER*

Proverb number(s): 465. Additional number(s) and notes: see 677.

Si digitum porrexeris, manum invadet (Latin) / Har fan (devil) bara fått ett hår, så tar han nog hela kroppen (Swedish)

Change of metaphor: inch,ell -- finger, whole hand *GER,*E,*DUT; fool,leg *FR

Abbreviation: Dür3

Düringsfeld, Ida von: Das Sprichwort als Humorist im Sprichwort als Kosmopolit 1863 Leipzig: Hermann Fries.. glob>GER*

Proverb on page: 93. Proverb on page: 94.

Abbreviation: FDs

Schellbach-Kopra, Ingrid (ed.): Finnish-Deutsches Sprichwörterbuch - Suomalais-saksalainen sananlaskukirja 1980 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura mit Bonn: Rudolf Habelt.. FIN/GER*,GER

Proverb number(s): 19.

Abbreviation: Gey

Geyr, H.: Sprichwörter und sprichwortnahe Bildungen im dreisprachigen Petersburger Lexikon von 1731. Symbolae slavicae: Band 13. 1981 Frankfurt/Main / Bern: Peter D. Lang.. GER,LAT,RUS/GER*

Proverb on page: 100.

Abbreviation: Got II

Gottschalk,W.: Die bildhaften sprichwörter der Romanen II 1935-38 Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung.. GER,ENG,FR,ITA,PORT,RETORUM,RUM,SPA

Proverb on page: 38.

Abbreviation: Gri

Grigas, Kazys: Patarli#u paralelés. Lietuvi#u patarlés su latvi#u, baltarusi#u, rus#u, lenk#u, etc. 1987 Vilnius: Vaga.. LITH,LETT,BELORUS,ENG,FR,GER,GRE,ITA,LAT,POL,RUS,SPA

Proverb on page: 522. Proverb number(s) on page: 552.

Daj voli na palec - vsju ruku otkusjat (Russian)

Abbreviation: Hai

Haim, S.: Persian-English Proverbs 1956 Teheran: Beroukhim Booksellers.. PERS/ENG*,ENG

Proverb on page: 78.

When they pity the dead, he soils his shroud with his excrement (translation Persian)

Abbreviation: Hak

Hakamies, Pekka: Venäläisten sananparsien vaikutus karjalaiseen ja suomalaiseen sananparsistoon 1986 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. RUS/FIN*,FIN,KAREL

Proverb number(s): 239.

Abbreviation: Hol

Holm, Pelle: Ordspråk och talesätt. 1965 Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag.. SWE

Proverb on page: 84. Proverb on page: 62.

Abbreviation: Kok

Kokare,Elza: Divu tautu dzives gudriba. (!) 1967 Riga: Zinãtne.. LETT, RUS

Proverb on page: 131.

Abbreviation: Kos

Koskimies, A.V.: Kokoelma Suomen kansan sananlaskuja. 1906 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. FIN

Proverb on page: 27.

Abbreviation: Kuu3

Kuusi, Matti: Suomalaista, karjalaista vaiko savokarjalaista? - Suomi 122:2 1978 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. KAREL/FIN*

Proverb number(s): 328.

Abbreviation: Kuu4

Kuusi, M. (in cooper. with) M. Joalaid, E. Kokare, A. Krikmann, K. Laukkanen, P.Leino,V.Mälk, I.Sarv: Proverbia septentrionalia. FF communications No. 236. 1985 Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica.. FIN/ENG*,KAREL/ENG*,EST/ENG*,VOT,VEPS,LIV,LETT,LITH,RUS,GER,SWE

Proverb number(s): 144.

Abbreviation: Lau

Laukkanen, Kari: Kuusalun sananparsistoa itämerensuomalaisessa perinnekentässä. In Kalevalaseuran vuosikirja 46. (See KsVk) 1966 Helsinki.. EST,FIN

Proverb on page: 248. Additional number(s) and notes: E 76.

Abbreviation: Laut

Lautenbach,Ja.I.: Ocherki iz istorii litovsko - latyshskago narodnago tvortsestva. 3rd edition 1915 Jur'ev.. ENG,DAN,DUT,FR,GER,LAT,LETT,LITH,POL,RUS,SLOVE,TZHE

Proverb on page: 13. Proverb number(s) on page: 4.

Abbreviation: MEk

Paczolay, Gyula (ed.): Magyar-észt közmondások és szólások német, angol és latin megfelelo#ikkel. 1985 Veszprem: VEAB.. HUNG,EST,GER,ENG,LAT

Proverb number(s): 447.

Wenn man dem Teufel den kleinen Finger gibt, so nimmt er gleich die ganze Hand

Abbreviation: Mel

Melts,M.- Mitrofanova,V.- Sapov-a,G.: Poslovitsy, pogovorki, zagadki v rukopisnyh sbornikah 18.-20.vekov. 1961 Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo akademii nauk SSSR.. RUS

Proverb on page: 162.

Abbreviation: MKks

Margalits, Ede: Magyar közmondások és közmondásszerü szólások. 1897 Budapest: Kiadja kókai Lajos.. HUNG

Proverb on page: 448.

Abbreviation: MP

Winstedt, Sir Richard (ed.): Malay Proverbs. 1950 London: Murray.. MALAIJI/ENG*

Proverb on page: 9.

Give the leg and he'll want the thigh (Malayan)

Change of metaphor: inch,ell -- leg,thigh *MALAY

Abbreviation: Pac3

Paczolay, Gyula: European proverbs in 55 languages with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chin.&Jap 1997 Veszprém: Veszprémi Nyomda Rt.. varia GLOB>ENG*GER*RUS*FR*

Proverb number(s): 36.

Abbreviation: Per

Permâkov, Grigorij Lvovic: Izbrannye poslovitsy i pogovorki narodov Vostoka. 1968 Moskva: Nauka.. varia EAST-EUR>RUS*

Proverb on page: 296.

Abbreviation: Pol IV

Polites, N.: Meletai peri tou biou kai tes glosses tou hellenikou laou IV 1965 [1899-1902] Athenai: Ergane.. GRE,(GER,FR,ITA)

Proverb on page: 320. Proverb number(s) on page: 20. Proverb on page: 478.

Abbreviation: PPspp

Gluski, J. (ed.): Proverbs Proverbes Sprichwörter Proverbi Proverbios Poslovitsy. A comparative book of English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian proverbs with a Latin appendix. 1971 Amsterdam / New York: Elsevier Pub. Co.. ENG,FR,GER,ITA,LAT,RUS,SPA

Proverb on page: 146. Proverb number(s) on page: 13.

Abbreviation: Reit

Reitsak, A.: Valimik vene vanasõnu eesti vastetega. 1969 Tallinn: Kirjastus 'Valgus'. RUS,EST

Proverb number(s): 1. Additional number(s) and notes: D.

Abbreviation: Roo

Rooth, A.B.: Ordspråk från södra Sverige: ordnade efter åsikter, värderingar, samhällssyn. 1968 Lund: Studentlitteratur.. SWE

Proverb on page: 6.

Abbreviation: RP

Champion, Selwyn Gurney: Racial Proverbs. 2nd ed. 1950 London. glob>ENG*

Proverb on page: 229. Proverb number(s) on page: 29.

Abbreviation: Seim I

Seim, E.: Ordtøkje og herme I. Norsk Folkeminnelag 84. 1960 Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.. NORW

Proverb on page: 93.

Abbreviation: Sol

Solstrand, Väinö: Ordstäv. Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning III. 1923 Helsingfors:: Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland.. FIN-SWE

Proverb on page: 35. Proverb number(s) on page: 458.

Abbreviation: Stra

Strauss, Emanuel: Dictionary of European Proverbs 1994 New York: Routledge /Questia.com. ENG,GER,FR,SPA,ITA,LAT

Proverb number(s): 1042.

Give a clown your finger and he'll take your whole hand / Gib man ihn einen Finger, nimmt er die ganze Hand / Si digitum porrexeris, manum invadet (Latin)

Abbreviation: Til

Tilley, Morris Palmer: The Proverbs in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. 1950 Ann Arbor (MI): University of Michigan Press.. ENG

Proverb on page: 339. Proverb number(s) on page: 49.

Give him an inch and he'll take an ell

Abbreviation: Vid

Vide, S.-B.: Ordspråk, ordstäv och talesätt från sydvästra Småland. 1957 Lund: Gleerupska universitetsbokhandelns förlag.. SWE

Proverb number(s): 348.

Abbreviation: Vir1

Virtaranta, Pertti: Suomen kansa muistelee. 1964 Helsinki: WSOY.. FIN

Proverb on page: 96.

Abbreviation: VKs

Kuusi, Matti (ed.): Vanhan kansan sananlaskuviisaus. 1990 [1953] Helsinki: WSOY.. FIN

Additional number(s) and notes: (330).

Abbreviation: Zan

Zanne, Iuliu A.: Proverbele Românilor din România, Basarabia, bucovina, Ungaria, Istria si Macedonia I-X. 1895-1903 Bucaresci: Editura libr rie i socec & Comp.. RUM,BESARAB,BUJOVINA,UNG,MAK /FR*,LAT,FR

Proverb number(s): 3139.

Abbreviation: Zlo

Zlotnitskij, V.S.: Refranes y proverbios rusos y españoles. (1962) s.d.Moskva: Izdatel'stvo literatury na inostrannyh jazykah.. RUS,SPA

Proverb number(s): 163.

Dale un dedo y se tomara el brazo (Spanish)