"precious little" meaning in All languages combined

See precious little on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

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  1. (idiomatic) Almost nothing; hardly anything. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: precious few Translations (almost nothing; hardly anything): édeskevés (Hungarian)
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