drop in the bucket

English

Noun

drop in the bucket

1. (idiomatic) An effort or action having very little overall influence, especially as compared to a huge problem.

   A $100 donation from an individual is generous, but it is a drop in the bucket compared to the $100,000 fundraising goal.

Translations

an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem

• Arabic: قطرة في المحيط (ar) (qaTra fi -l-muHiiT)
• Catalan: una gota en un mar d'aigua
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 九牛一毛 (cmn) (jiǔ niú yī máo), 杯水車薪 (cmn), 杯水车薪 (cmn) (bēishuǐchēxīn)

• Czech: kapka v moři (cs)
• Dutch: een druppel in de oceaan
• Finnish: pisara meressä (fi)
• French: une goutte dans l'océan (fr)
• Georgian: ზღვაში წვეთი (ka) (zḡvaši cvet'i)
• German: ein Tropfen auf den heißen Stein (de)

• Hungarian: csepp a tengerben (hu)
• Icelandic: dropi í hafið (is)
• Italian: una goccia in un mare d'acqua (it)
• Japanese: 大海の一滴 (ja) (taikai-no itteki)
• Maltese: qatra f'oċean (mt)
• Portuguese: gota d'água no oceano (pt) f
• Russian: капля в море (ru) (káplja v móre)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: en droppe i havet (sv)
• Thai: ความพยายามที่น้อยจนไม่มีผลกระทบกระเทือนต่อปัญหาโดยทั่วไป (th)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Synonyms

• drop in the ocean