a drop in the bucket
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an amount that is very small in comparison to what is desired or needed to have a significant effect
Dialect
American
American
Idiom
Informal
Exempel
The amount of money raised was a drop in the ocean compared to what we needed.
Your donation of $ 10 to the charity is appreciated, but it's just a drop in the bucket comThe repair costs for the old building are astronomical, and our budget allocation is a mere drop in the bucket. " pared to what we need.
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