drop in the ocean
Example Sentences
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That $200 might seem like a drop in the ocean, given that you will soon be inheriting $400,000, especially given the time and effort involved, but it may keep you busy and engaged.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026
In 5, 10 or 15 years, the $135,000 you spent renovating the house and the extra $15,000 you spent buying it will be a drop in the ocean.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025
"While some of these individual actions are important, they are a drop in the ocean in the larger context of chronic disease," argues Nicola Hawley, professor of epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
He added the amount was "only a drop in the ocean".
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
Then the local correspondents of foreign papers reported that something which looked like opposition was manifesting itself, but it was a mere drop in the ocean.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
