English translation for "千丈之堤，以蝼蚁之穴溃"

a long dike will collapse because of an ant-hole in it
a tall building will be burned down by a spark from a chimney’s chink

Related Translations:

蝼蚁贪生: even an ant struggles for life.; even an ant does not want to die

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