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Old 01-May-2006, 03:42
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Default A drop in a bucket

You can get the definition of this idiom here.
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Old 15-Jun-2006, 13:19
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Default Re: A drop in a bucket

I think that the choices no. 2 & 3 are similar in meaning
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Old 02-Oct-2006, 22:51
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Default Re: A drop in a bucket

In the UK we often say "a drop in the ocean" for the same thing.
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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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Default Re: A drop in a bucket

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