ProverbPerseverance
English origin
English originStep after step the ladder is ascended.
Meaning: Sustained progress toward a goal requires completing each small task in proper sequence without skipping ahead.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
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- на славу (na slavu) Excellently; very well; in a first-rate manner.
- пускаться во все тяжкие (puskat'sya vo vse tyazhkiye) To abandon restraint and indulge recklessly in vices or wrongdoing without scruple.
- на коленке (na kolenke) Done hastily and without proper tools or technique; improvised or makeshift.
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