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What is a drop in the bucket?

What is a drop in the bucket? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic) An effort or action having very little overall influence, especially as compared to a huge problem.
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That's a drop in the bucket compared with the knowledge stored in the world's libraries.
Fifteen million dollars is a drop in the bucket to mining companies that make billions of dollars in profits.
Again, it's nothing to sneeze at, but given the problems that we have, it seems like a drop in the bucket.
It is a drop in the bucket in terms of what really needs to be done to support the health care system in Canada.
As I said at committee, never mind a drop in the bucket, it is a teardrop in the ocean.
A few large users are on interruptible contracts, but that's a drop in the bucket.

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