a grain of mustard seed

a grain of mustard seed
книжн.
семя, упавшее на благодатную почву; залог успеха [этим. библ. Matthew XIII, 31-32]

This fevered hope had grown up again like a grain of mustard seed during the quiet which followed the hasty conjecture that Troy was drowned. (Th. Hardy, ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’, ch. XLIX) — В сердце Болдвуда, подобно зерну, упавшему на благодатную почву, стала разгораться лихорадочная надежда, что Трой утонул.

‘I knew him.’ ‘Only a week.’ ‘And ten years.’ ‘Ah! don't tell me that a glimpse and three words at a wedding-’ ‘The grain of mustard seed, dear.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘Flowering Wilderness’, ch. XI) — - я знала его. - Но ведь только одну неделю. - И десять лет. - Не хочешь же ты сказать, что один взгляд, брошенный тогда на свадьбе, и несколько слов, которыми вы обменялись... - Это было искрой, которая не погасла.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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