TODAY'S IDIOM: A DROP IN THE BUCKET

"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.

El blog "La cultura del Inglés" es patrocinado por:

www.laculturadelingles.com 

www.pebtest.com