"drop in the bucket" meaning in 英語

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Phrase

  1. バケツの中の一滴、焼け石に水。
    Sense id: ja-drop_in_the_bucket-en-phrase-l2MrCsmQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 英語, 英語 成句
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