drop in the bucket
Example Sentences
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That’s a drop in the bucket compared with Musk, who holds External link 6.4 billion shares of SpaceX.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
The problem with this way of thinking is that each of us contributes an infinitesimally small drop in the bucket of global greenhouse gases.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
Teaching unions said they would be scrutinising the proposals closely, with one saying the money was "barely a drop in the bucket" of what was needed because of "years of underfunding".
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
Any crypto losses would be a drop in the bucket for Harvard’s massive $57 billion endowment, the biggest of any U.S. school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
Two hundred silvers is a drop in the bucket for him.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
