AtD translation: little of it goes a long way

[David Morris]

Yes to everything Mark says.
Let me add:

One responds that way (“a little bit goes a long way”) when they feel they
are being scolded or lectured to:  being on the receiving end of unwanted
advice.

On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 5:46 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> This "talking" does not have much, what?, nuance, detail. It gets
> repetitious very fast
> therefore.....esp as one has to listen to it all the time.....
> I think it also carries the notion that one doesn't much agree, therefore
> it is hearing talk
> that is not just neutral.
>
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 3:05 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > P670.5-8   “Too bad we can’t talk to Pa.”
> >        “According to some of Yashmeen’s friends—”
> >        “Oh not you too, I got to listen to this stuff day and night from
> > ’Pert and that bunch, little of it goes a long way, brother.”
> >
> > What does "little of it goes a long way" mean here?
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