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drop in the sea

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adropinthesea (pluraldrops in the sea)

  1. (idiomatic) A very small orinsignificantamount; something oflittleimportance.
    Synonyms:drop in the bucket,drop in the ocean,spit in the ocean;see alsoThesaurus:trifle
    • 2021 November 8, Dennis Perkins, “John Oliver explains why you're in the dark more than usual”, inThe A.V. Club[1]:
      And while the Democrat-passed infrastructure bill will provide some $65 billion for upgrades to our sagging and squirrel-ravaged grid is a good start, it’s just adrop in the sea of public works efforts necessary to contend with not just our existing power transmission issues, but with the increased need for electrical capacity[]

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very small or insignificant amount; something of little importancesee alsodrop in the bucket
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