drop in the ocean, a
drop in the ocean, a a very small amount compared with what is needed. Wyclif's translation (1382) of Isaiah has an earlier version, ‘a drope of a boket’ [a drop of a bucket], and this was used also in the Authorized Version. A drop in the bucket is now also current.
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