טִיפִּין טִיפִּין

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Drop by drop/ slowly/ little by little

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A drop at a time; figuratively: slowly, little by little; in small or slow quantities.

("They went to Honi the Circle-Drawer and said to him, 'Pray,' and the rains came down... he said, 'Master of the Universe... I swear by Your great name that I will not move from here until You have mercy on Your children.' The rains began to fall drop by drop" - Megillat Ta'anit (Lichtenstein), the Scholion; and also: "And just as water falls drop by drop and becomes streams, so too Torah: a person learns two laws today and two tomorrow until he becomes like a flowing spring" - Song of Songs Rabbah (Vilna), Parashah 1; and also: "Pleasant speech, measured and well-seasoned, rises gently, trickles sweetly drop by drop, and comes to the heart like balm and a healing remedy" - Bialik, Ha-Hatzotzra Nitbayeshet, A 127; and also: "He took his glass and drank drop by drop, like a man taking glue to make one thing stick to another" - Agnon, Temol Shilshom, 82.)