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a drop in the bucket

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Definition


Something miniscule compared to the larger total amount.

Context : Business
Category: Metaphor
Semantic: tiny
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Usage of “a drop in the bucket”

  1. The cost price was a drop in the bucket for the large corporation.

Examples of idiom “a drop in the bucket” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'taste_arbitrage'
    taste_arbitrage:

    Everyone suffered some prop trading losses but they were a drop in the bucket compared to asset held on(off) balance sheet.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'outofshell'
    outofshell:

    I have already filled a garbage bag with clothes and such, but it is not even a drop in the bucket. Still too much.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'TeamHydro'
    TeamHydro:

    We're trying to raise $55,000 for research. This will be more than just a drop in the bucket for hydrocepahlus research -- NIH historically…

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'dingane1'
    dingane1:

    RT @seanpadilla: Consider it a drop in the bucket compared to the psychological assaults that the average woman goes through ON A DAILY BASIS.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'tskywalker'
    tskywalker:

    Feds fine Toyota $16M....a drop in the bucket for Toyota.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'clax10'
    clax10:

    It's a $500 fine which is only a drop in the bucket 4 her im sure..but I still think punishing her for her artistry is absolutely MINDLESS

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'BLKROCKET'
    BLKROCKET:

    162,000 new jobs is not even a drop in the bucket of the more than 8+ million jobs lost since the recession began