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Drop in the ocean.
A drop in the ocean implies that something will have little effect because it is small and mostly insignificant.
Exact(49)
It is a drop in the ocean of the Pentagon's nearly $650 billion annual budget.
"It's a drop in the ocean of what we need," he said.
The Magic Bus might be a drop in the ocean of oil guzzled by Verizon's fleet.
Global public finance is but a drop in the ocean of what is needed.
This is a drop in the ocean of the number of children who need help.
Julie Walters: I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean of change.
Similar(11)
Still, that $37,000 is a drop in the ocean to some of the other successful scam artists out there.
That is a drop in the ocean for a country of 24 million people.
Transactions involving used goods are a drop in the ocean compared with sales of new items.
"We are not even a drop in the ocean yet in terms of our response to Isis," says Rachel Briggs.
This is all a drop in the ocean compared to sales of smartphones, laptops and other conventional computing devices.
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