little

Related to little: Little League World Series
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  • (a little/bit) rough and ready
  • (a little/bit) rough around the edge
  • (a little/bit) rough around the edges
  • (as) sure as God made little green apples
  • (it's) little wonder
  • (it's) no wonder
  • (it's) small wonder
  • (little) tin god
  • (little) white lie
  • (one's) little finger told (one) that
  • a little
  • a little (bit) (too) rich for (one's) blood
  • a little (bit) pricey
  • a little (bit) steep
  • a little (hard) work never hurt anybody
  • a little (hard) work never hurt anyone
  • a little (hard) work never killed anybody
  • a little (hard) work never killed anyone
  • a little bird
  • a little bird told me
  • a little birdie told me
  • a little bit
  • a little bit (of something) goes a long way
  • a little bit of bread and no cheese
  • a little dab'll do ya
  • a little fire is quickly trodden out
  • a little frog in a big pond
  • a little from column A, a little from column B
  • a little goes a long way
  • a little green
  • a little knowledge is a dangerous thing
  • a little later, perhaps
  • a little learning is a dangerous thing
  • a little leery
  • a little off
  • a little off Go to a bit
  • a little pot is soon hot
  • a little too late is much too late
  • a lonely little petunia in an onion patch
  • a nice little earner
  • a small cog in a large machine
  • a small cog in a large wheel
  • a tin god
  • and your little dog, too
  • as old as my eyes and a little (bit) older than my teeth
  • be (a little) slow on the uptake
  • be a little off
  • be little love lost between (two people)
  • Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
  • big fish in a small pond
  • birds in their little nests agree
  • bit by bit
  • bit off
  • black book
  • bless (someone's) (little) cotton socks
  • bless your pointy little head
  • bother (one's) (pretty little) head about (something)
  • bundle of joy
  • busy little beaver
  • come out the little end of the horn
  • difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer
  • don't worry your (pretty little) head about it
  • down the little red lane
  • every little bit helps
  • find (someone or something) a little off
  • get (a bit/a little) hairy
  • get (some kind of) mileage out of (something)
  • give a little
  • great cry and little wool
  • great oaks from little acorns grow
  • Great oaks from little acorns grow, and Mighty oaks from little ...
  • great talkers are little doers
  • great/tall oaks from little acorns grow
  • have (someone) turned around (one's) (little) finger
  • have (someone) turned round (one's) (little) finger
  • have (someone) twisted around (one's) (little) finger
  • have (someone) twisted round (one's) (little) finger
  • have (someone) wound around (one's) (little) finger
  • have (someone) wound round (one's) (little) finger
  • have (someone) wrapped around (one's) (little) finger
  • have (someone) wrapped round (one's) (little) finger
  • have (something) to show for (something)
  • have a little visitor
  • have something, nothing, little, etc. to show for something
  • hold out hope
  • hold out little, etc. hope
  • How's every little thing?
  • in (one's) own (little) world
  • in a little bit
  • in one's own world
  • it's no/small/little wonder...
  • know little and care less
  • know little and care less (about someone or something)
  • least little thing
  • leave little to the imagination
  • little and often fills the purse
  • little better than
  • little bird told me
  • little bird told me, a
  • little bird told one, a
  • little bit
  • little bitty
  • little black book
  • little boy blue
  • little boys' room
  • little boys’ room
  • little by little
  • little emperor
  • little frog in a big pond
  • little girls' room
  • little girls’ room
  • little gray cells
  • little grey cells
  • little horror
  • little knowledge is a dangerous thing
  • little knowledge is a dangerous thing, a
  • little learning is a dangerous thing, a
  • Little Lord Fauntleroy
  • little love lost between (two people)
  • little man in the boat
  • little old
  • little person
  • little pinkie
  • little pinky
  • little pitchers have big ears
  • little pitchers have long ears
  • little shaver
  • little steep
  • little stranger
  • little strokes fell great oaks
  • Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape
  • Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
  • little things please little minds
  • little things, the
  • little tin god
  • little white lie
  • little work never hurt anyone
  • little/no better than
  • little/nothing short of sth
  • little-old
  • littlest thing
  • look (a little/bit) off
  • make light of
  • make little of
  • make little of (someone or something)
  • make little of something
  • many a little makes a muckle
  • mighty oaks from little acorns grow
  • more than a little
  • more than a little excited, shocked, etc.
  • mother's little helpers
  • nice little earner
  • no love lost
  • not a little
  • not one little bit
  • nothing short of
  • O ye of little faith
  • of little avail
  • of little consequence
  • of little/no account
  • of little/no avail
  • Oh, ye of little faith
  • one little bit
  • patter of little feet, the
  • perhaps a little later
  • pinkie (finger)
  • pinky (finger)
  • poor little rich girl
  • poor little rich girl/boy/kid
  • precious few
  • precious few/little
  • precious little
  • quite the little
  • quite the little (something)
  • rattled
  • see you in a (little) while
  • see you in a little while
  • set little by
  • set little by (someone or something)
  • show good faith
  • shuteye
  • spend (some amount of time) in (some place)
  • sure as God made little green apples
  • tell a (little) white lie
  • the little gentleman in the velvet coat
  • the little lady
  • the little matter of (something)
  • the little woman
  • there's little to choose between (two people or things)
  • think little of
  • think little of (someone or something)
  • throw a little light on (something)
  • tie (something) up in a neat little bow
  • to good effect
  • to good purpose
  • to good, little, etc. effect
  • to little avail
  • to little effect
  • to little purpose
  • to little/good/some/no purpose
  • to little/no avail
  • to no avail
  • to no purpose
  • to some purpose
  • too little too late
  • too little, too late
  • turn (someone) around (one's) (little) finger
  • turn (someone) round (one's) (little) finger
  • twist (someone) around (one's) (little) finger
  • twist around little finger
  • twist someone around your little finger
  • twist/wind around one's little finger, to
  • twist/wind/wrap somebody around/round your little finger
  • use (a little) (bit of) elbow grease
  • very little in it
  • wind (someone) around (one's) (little) finger
  • wind (someone) round (one's) (little) finger
  • wrap (someone) around (one's) (little) finger
  • wrap (someone) around (one's) little finger
  • wrap (someone) round (one's) (little) finger
  • wrapped around (one's) little finger
  • Ye gods and little fishes!
  • you can't be a little bit pregnant
  • you can't be half pregnant
  • you little imp
  • you little scallywag
  • you look a little peaked
References in classic literature
'If one could only get some of that!' thought Little Klaus, stretching his head towards the window.
oh, dear!' groaned Little Klaus up in the shed, when he saw the good food disappearing.
He discovered, in due time, that it was not the little paper of snuff (which was also on the chimney-piece), put it back again, took down the snuff instead, and solaced himself with a pinch.
Her lips were a little parted, as if her heart beat faster than usual.
Kya-a-ah!" he would shout, and the big fight between Kala Nag and the wild elephant would sway to and fro across the Keddah, and the old elephant catchers would wipe the sweat out of their eyes, and find time to nod to Little Toomai wriggling with joy on the top of the posts.
Next morning he gave him a scolding and said, "Are not good brick elephant lines and a little tent carrying enough, that thou must needs go elephant catching on thy own account, little worthless?
LITTLE Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree, with a load of vegetables.
The mice sat on their door- steps cracking cherry-stones, they winked at Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.
Little Gerda was very frightened, and began to cry; but no one heard her except the sparrows, and they could not carry her to land; but they flew along the bank, and sang as if to comfort her, "Here we are!
"Perhaps the river will carry me to little Kay," said she; and then she grew less sad.
At last, when they had frosted one another all over with handfuls of snow, Violet, after laughing heartily at little Peony's figure, was struck with a new idea.
Let us make an image out of snow,--an image of a little girl,--and it shall be our sister, and shall run about and play with us all winter long.
"'Real friends should have everything in common,' the Miller used to say, and little Hans nodded and smiled, and felt very proud of having a friend with such noble ideas.
"Sometimes, indeed, the neighbours thought it strange that the rich Miller never gave little Hans anything in return, though he had a hundred sacks of flour stored away in his mill, and six milch cows, and a large flock of woolly sheep; but Hans never troubled his head about these things, and nothing gave him greater pleasure than to listen to all the wonderful things the Miller used to say about the unselfishness of true friendship.
"Gladly would I go with you, dear Fairies," said Eva, "but I cannot sail in your little boat.