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Examples:small capital, huge profit (idiom); put in a little and get a lot out—take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth)—lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action—take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking—Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.—lot (in a game of chance)—lot, section of land, ground—a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then—loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom); a lot of talk, but no action—lit. punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition—lit. eats a lot but never works (idiom); fig. a parasite—(used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of—Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.—thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things say—fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.—fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities—take a lot of trouble to do sth—whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference—person's lot through life—lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing—give a lot of thought to sth.— |