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even a blind hog can find an acorn every now and then

Even people who are usually wrong can be right sometimes, even if just by accident. I know Dad is usually out of touch about these things, but even a blind hog can find an acorn once in a while! A: "You know how I feel about the mayor, but even I think he's right this time." B: "Even a blind hog can find an acorn now and then, I guess." A: "I can't believe that doofus Billy figured out the answer to that really hard math question." B: "Hey, even a blind hog can find an acorn every now and then."

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even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and then

Even people who are usually wrong can be right sometimes, even if just by accident. I know Dad is usually out of touch about these things, but even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while! A: "You know how I feel about the mayor, but even I think he's right this time." B: "Even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then, I guess." A: "I can't believe that doofus Billy figured out the answer to that really hard math question." B: "Hey, even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and then."

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even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while

Even people who are usually wrong can be right sometimes, even if just by accident. I know Dad is usually out of touch about these things, but even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while! A: "You know how I feel about the mayor, but even I think he's right this time." B: "Even a blind pig can find an acorn now and then, I guess." A: "I can't believe that doofus Billy figured out the answer to that really hard math question." B: "Hey, even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while."

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even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while

Even people who are usually wrong can be right sometimes, even if just by accident. I know Dad is usually out of touch about these things, but even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while! A: "You know how I feel about the mayor, but even I think he's right this time." B: "Even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then, I guess." A: "I can't believe that doofus Billy figured out the answer to that really hard math question." B: "Hey, even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while."

See also: acorn, an, blind, even, find, once, pig, while

great oaks from little acorns grow

Large and powerful things once were very small and insignificant. It's hard to believe that her successful clothing line was once a small business run from her tiny studio apartment. Great oaks from little acorns grow. Every day, you just need to do one thing, however small, toward making your dream a reality. Remember, great oaks from little acorns grow. A: "Wait, June has a whole lifestyle brand now. You're saying all of that grew out of a blog she started in grad school?" B: "Yep. Great oaks from little acorns grow, huh?"

See also: acorn, great, grow, little, oak

great oaks grow from small acorns

proverb All large and powerful things were small and insignificant when they first began. It's hard to believe that her successful clothing line was once a small business run from her tiny studio apartment. Great oaks grow from small acorns. Every day, you just need to do one thing, however small, toward making your dream a reality. Remember, great oaks grow from small acorns. A: "Wait, June has a whole lifestyle brand now. You're saying all of that grew out of a blog she started in grad school?" B: "Yep. Great oaks grow from small acorns, huh?"

See also: acorn, great, grow, oak, small

like stealing acorns from a blind pig

Very simply and easily accomplished. If you think that this game will be like stealing acorns from a blind pig, you're seriously underestimating your opponents. These idiots don't have any idea where their finances go into or come out of each month, so skimming a bit off the top will be like stealing acorns from a blind pig.

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mighty oaks from little acorns grow

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ride a horse foaled by an acorn

obsolete To be publicly executed, especially by hanging in the gallows. A nickname for the gallows in Georgian England was the "wooden mare," as they were often made of oak; hence they were "foaled by" (grown from) acorns, the nuts of oak trees. Many a knave has been sent to ride a horse foaled by an acorn for less than the crime of which you have been accused, my young fellow.

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ride a horse foaled of an acorn

obsolete To be publicly executed, especially by hanging in the gallows. A nickname for the gallows in Georgian England was the "wooden mare," as they were often made of oak; hence they were "foaled of" (grown from) acorns, the nuts of oak trees. Many a knave has been sent to ride a horse foaled of an acorn for less than the crime of which you have been accused, my young fellow.

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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.

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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.

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great oaks from little acorns grow

People say great oaks from little acorns grow when they want to say that large and successful things can begin in a small way. It is going to take at least five seasons before the new club can take its rightful place in the third division. Still, great oaks from little acorns grow. Note: Other adjectives can be used instead of great and little. Henry Ford did not start his operations by hiring 330,000 employees and opening hundreds of factories in his first year. Remember, mighty oaks from tiny acorns grow. Note: Acorns are the nuts that grow on oak trees.

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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

great/tall ˌoaks from little acorns ˈgrow

(saying) large and successful organizations, businesses, etc. sometimes begin in a very small or modest way: Welcome to my new website! It may not look much at the moment, but great oaks from little acorns grow!

An oak is a large tree and the acorn is its fruit.

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