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"drop in the bucket" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something which is insignificant when compared to the larger context or situation. For example: "My donation was only a drop in the bucket compared to the amount of money needed to fund the relief effort."
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A drop in the bucket.
It's a drop in the bucket".
Instead, it's a drop in the bucket.
"It's just a drop in the bucket.
"It's only a drop in the bucket".
Isn't it a drop in the bucket?
"That was just a drop in the bucket," Rooney said.
"In itself, it's a drop in the bucket.
That comes to $1.3 million, a drop in the bucket.
But that's just a drop in the bucket.
Us small islands are just a drop in the bucket".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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