"A DROP IN THE BUCKET"
If an amount is a drop in the bucket, it's a very small portion of the amount that's needed.
Example: Our government's sending a thousand tons of food, but that's just a drop in the bucket compared to what's needed.
Una mínima parte.
Example sentences:
- If a donation to help people in need is a drop in the bucket, it is not much, but better than nothing / Si una donación para ayudar a las personas necesitadas es una mínima parte, no es mucho, pero es mejor que nada.
- What we were paid for our work was a drop in the bucket compared to what the company earned / Lo que no pagaron por nuestro trabajo fue una mínima parte comparado con lo que la compañía ganó.
Additional examples:
- I know twenty dollars is just a drop in the bucket, but if everyone gave that much it'd make a big difference.
- Many companies donated food and medicine to help the survivors of the earthquake, but it was just a drop in the bucket of what was needed.
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