every little bit helps

Any contribution can be useful, as in He can only give us one day, but every little bit helps. This expression, with slightly different wording (everything helps), dates from the late 1500s.

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The city of Anaheim faces an annual deficit projected at $64 million, so every little bit helps.

“It’s nice to have this rain, every little bit helps,” Thompson said.

Families have welcomed a charity-run £1 school uniform sale, saying "every little bit helps" with increasing costs of living.

Neither development alone will end the climate crisis, but every little bit helps.

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