A drop in a bucket

**Tdol** · #1 01-May-2006, 03:42

aliaa · #2 15-Jun-2006, 13:19

I think that the choices no. 2 & 3 are similar in meaning

blueabell2go · #3 02-Oct-2006, 22:51

In the UK we often say "a drop in the ocean" for the same thing.

**BobK** · #4 03-Oct-2006, 10:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueabell2go

In the UK we often say "a drop in the ocean" for the same thing.

Hmm. I feel that meaning's more along the lines of the second option, which is is why I voted for the first.

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**BobK** · #5 03-Oct-2006, 11:24

As I never use the 'bucket' variant, I assumed it must have a different meaning from the 'ocean' one. Just as well I never use it

Coolfootluke · #6 04-Mar-2011, 12:40

The thread title does not match the idiom. The expression is "a drop in the bucket".

JarekSteliga · #7 04-Feb-2012, 19:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueabell2go

In the UK we often say "a drop in the ocean" for the same thing.

And we in Poland say "a drop in the sea"

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