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drop in the bucket |
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drop in the bucket and a drop in the ocean Fig. an in significant contribution toward solving a large problem. Jane: We need to stop spending so much. Alan: OK. I'll buy a cheaper brand of toothpaste. Jane: But that's just a drop in the bucket. Many companies donated food and medicine to help the survivors of the earthquake, but it was just a drop in the ocean of what was needed. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``What little funds we can contribute helps even though it's just a drop in the bucket, but that's not really the purpose of this,'' Brown said. To the contrary, this is the proverbial drop in the bucket, being a reduction in baseline spending of barely 0. The 11 billion bushels of corn at $2 is a mere drop in the bucket ($22 billion), as are 3 billion bushels of soybeans at $6 ($18 billion). |
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