a grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff

a grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff
"зерно пшеницы в бушеле мякины"; ничтожные плоды, рождённые могучими усилиями; ≈ гора родила мышь

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

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