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мал золотник, да дорог stresses
gen.	good things come in small packages
Gruzovik, inf.	small but precious
proverb	an inch is as good as an ell; little bodies may have great souls; little pigeons can carry great messages; small rain will lay great dust; little is the light will be seen far in a mirk night; a little body often harbours a great soul (said about people or things that are not big, not tall, not large, but are beautiful, have lots of merits, excellent qualities, and are as good as big); small rain lays great dust; little body often harbours a great soul; great things come in small packages (VLZ_58); a little body often harbours a great soul (дословно: в маленьком теле часто таится великая душа); small rain lays great dust (дословно: Небольшой дождь густую пыль прибивает)
мал золотник да дорог
gen.	small fish are sweet (Kenny Gray)
idiom.	little goes a long way (Yeldar Azanbayev)
inf.	little bodies may have great souls; small but precious
proverb	good things come in small packages (SigGolfer)