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{
"etymology_text": "First used in Wycliffe's Bible, from Isaiah 40:15.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "drops in the bucket",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "A $100 donation from an individual is generous, but it is a drop in the bucket compared to the $100,000 fundraising goal.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Something of little importance, especially an inconsequential effort or action as compared to a huge problem."
],
"id": "en-drop_in_the_bucket-en-noun-DeOvKoRp",
"links": [
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],
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"inconsequential"
],
[
"effort",
"effort"
],
[
"action",
"action"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) Something of little importance, especially an inconsequential effort or action as compared to a huge problem."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "drop in the ocean"
},
{
"word": "drop in the sea"
},
{
"word": "spit in the ocean"
},
{
"word": "trifle"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qaṭra fī l-muḥīṭ",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "قَطْرَة فِي الْمُحِيط"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǔniúyīmáo",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "九牛一毛"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "杯水車薪"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bēishuǐchēxīn",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "杯水车薪"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "滄海一粟"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cānghǎiyīsù",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "沧海一粟"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "kapka v moři"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "een druppel in de oceaan"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "een druppel op de gloeiende plaat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "pisara meressä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "goutte d’eau dans l’océan"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zɣvaši c̣veti",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "ზღვაში წვეთი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "ein Tropfen auf den heißen Stein"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "csepp a tengerben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "csepp az óceánban"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "dropi í hafið"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "taikai-no itteki",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "大海の一滴"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "qatra f’oċean"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "kropla w morzu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "kropla w morzu potrzeb"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gota d'água no oceano"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "káplja v móre",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "ка́пля в мо́ре"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nimiedad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "en droppe i havet"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kraplja v mori",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "крапля в морі"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Wycliffe's Bible"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "drop in the bucket"
}
{
"etymology_text": "First used in Wycliffe's Bible, from Isaiah 40:15.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "drops in the bucket",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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},
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English positive polarity items",
"English terms derived from the Bible",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Georgian terms with redundant script codes",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"Requests for review of Catalan translations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "A $100 donation from an individual is generous, but it is a drop in the bucket compared to the $100,000 fundraising goal.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Something of little importance, especially an inconsequential effort or action as compared to a huge problem."
],
"links": [
[
"importance",
"importance"
],
[
"inconsequential",
"inconsequential"
],
[
"effort",
"effort"
],
[
"action",
"action"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) Something of little importance, especially an inconsequential effort or action as compared to a huge problem."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "drop in the ocean"
},
{
"word": "drop in the sea"
},
{
"word": "spit in the ocean"
},
{
"word": "trifle"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
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"Wycliffe's Bible"
]
}
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"tags": [
"Australia"
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qaṭra fī l-muḥīṭ",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "قَطْرَة فِي الْمُحِيط"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǔniúyīmáo",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "九牛一毛"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "杯水車薪"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bēishuǐchēxīn",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "杯水车薪"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "滄海一粟"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cānghǎiyīsù",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "沧海一粟"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "kapka v moři"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "een druppel in de oceaan"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "een druppel op de gloeiende plaat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "pisara meressä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "goutte d’eau dans l’océan"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zɣvaši c̣veti",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "ზღვაში წვეთი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "ein Tropfen auf den heißen Stein"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "csepp a tengerben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "csepp az óceánban"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "dropi í hafið"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "taikai-no itteki",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "大海の一滴"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "qatra f’oċean"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "kropla w morzu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "kropla w morzu potrzeb"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gota d'água no oceano"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "káplja v móre",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "ка́пля в мо́ре"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nimiedad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "en droppe i havet"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kraplja v mori",
"sense": "an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem",
"word": "крапля в морі"
}
],
"word": "drop in the bucket"
}
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