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• drop in the bucket — (USA) A drop in the bucket is something so small that it won t make any noticeable difference …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• drop in the bucket — {n. phr.} A relatively small amount; a small part of the whole. * /Our university needs several million dollars for its building renovation project; $50,000 is a mere drop in the bucket./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• drop in the bucket — {n. phr.} A relatively small amount; a small part of the whole. * /Our university needs several million dollars for its building renovation project; $50,000 is a mere drop in the bucket./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• drop in the bucket — (USA)    A drop in the bucket is something so small that it won t make any noticeable difference.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• a drop in the bucket — ● drop * * * I see drop II a drop in the bucket (or Brit. ocean) a very small amount compared with what is needed or expected the $550 million is likely to be a drop in the bucket * * * a drop in the bucket see ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• (a) drop in the bucket — a ˌdrop in the ˈocean idiom (BrE) (NAmE a ˌdrop in the ˈbucket) an amount of sth that is too small or unimportant to make any real difference to a situation • The amount of money raised was a drop in the ocean compared to what we needed …   Useful english dictionary

• drop in the bucket — small insignificant amount, something that is extremely small …   English contemporary dictionary

• the last drop makes the cup run over — Similar in sense to the next proverb (it is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back). 1655 T. FULLER Church Hist. Britain XI. ii. When the Cup is brim full before, the last (though least) superadded drop is charged alone to be the cause of… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• (a) drop in the ocean — a drop in the ocean phrase a very small amount that will not have much effect This money is just a drop in the ocean compared to what’s needed. Thesaurus: small amounts or pieces of somethingsynonym Main entry: drop * * * a ˌdrop in the ˈocean …   Useful english dictionary

• drop — [dräp] n. [ME drope < OE dropa, akin to ON drūpa, DROOP, Ger triefen: for IE base see DRIP] 1. a small quantity of liquid that is somewhat spherical, as when falling 2. a very small quantity of liquid 3. [pl.] liquid medicine taken or applied… …   English World dictionary

• drop — droplike, adj. /drop/, n., v., dropped or dropt, dropping. n. 1. a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule. 2. the quantity of liquid contained in such a globule. 3. a very small… …   Universalium