把许多狐腋缝在一起就可做成一件皮袄。比喻聚少成多，积小为大。《慎子·知忠》：“庙廊之材，非一木之枝；狐白之裘，非一狐之腋。” 腋：腋下，这里指狐腋下的皮毛。裘：皮袄。
集腋成裘 [jí yè chéng qiú]
1. collect bits of fur under the foxes' forelegs to make a robe; Every little makes a mickle.; make a fur coat from many pieces of felt -- to get the benefit of many opinions; Many a little make a mickle.; Many drops of water make an ocean.; Many small things put together make a great deal.; Penny and penny laid up will be many.; put together the pieces under the forelegs (of foxes) to make robes; Small contributions are equally welcome.; The accretion of particles forms a mass.; The bits of fur from the axillae of many foxes taken together will make a robe.; The finest fragments of fox fur, sewn together, will make a robe.比喻积少成多。腋，指狐狸腋下的毛皮。
孙中山《香港兴中会宣言》：“各会友好义急公，自能惟力是视，集腋成裘，以助一臂。”
也作“集腋为裘”。
《新闻出版报》1990．3．21：“于是剪报的内容便由剪别人的作品到剪自己的作品，集腋为裘，居然有了几本书。”
Every little helps a mickle
新托福写作:英语谚语格言大全 ... Every heart has its own sorrow. 各人有各人的苦恼 Every little helps a mickle. 聚沙成塔，集腋成裘 Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost. 人不为己，天诛地灭 ...
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every little helps a mickle.
积少成多，集腋成裘;积沙沉舟。
Many a little makes a mickle;many sands will sink a ship.
积铢累寸。（积少成多。）（集腋成裘。）
Many a little makes mickle.
萨拉确信，通过使用分页的反思日志，她就能够集腋成裘，使自己的数据库不断增长，并丰富自己对数据库的理解。
By using a split-page journal, Sara has ensured that she will be able to track her own growing database, as well as her own understanding of that database .
的确，巨大的财富在最初积累的时候，往往是有一个很小的数量开始的，这正如集腋成裘，涓滴可以成江河的道理一样。
Huge fortune was indeed accumulated from a little amount at primary stage, it has the same reason that many a little makes a mickle and many tiny drops accumulate to form a river.
《集腋成裘》出书机构：北京时代文汇文化传播中心，网络支持：华人民间记忆网。
