drop in the ocean

Noun

Meaning

a drop in the ocean (plural drops in the ocean)

(idiomatic) A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance.
Synonyms: drop in the bucket, drop in the sea, spit in the ocean; see also Thesaurus:trifle

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

pittance chicken feed

Antonyms

lot bulk excess abundance plenty myriad
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Examples

Every drop in the ocean counts. Yoko Ono

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. Mother Teresa

According to Eshin's "Essentials of Salvation," the Ten Pleasures are but a drop in the ocean when compared to the joys of the Pure Land. Yukio Mishima

What we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. I do not agree with the big way of doing things. Mother Teresa

The idea of building communist society exclusively with the hands of the Communists is childish, absolutely childish. We communists are but a drop in the ocean, a drop in the ocean of the people. Vladimir Lenin

I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean. Julie Walters

Close letter words and terms

drop in prices drop in somebody's lap drop in the bucket drop in the pond drop in the sea drop it like a hot potato