Sentences with phrase «to be a drop in the bucket»

Since the program launched last month the library only bought 20 books, which is a drop in the bucket compared their normal spending habits.

Last, the government is looking at reducing farm subsidies by $ 3 billion, which is a drop in the bucket for the deficit but could have a serious impact on your investments.

$ 1000 is drop in the bucket in the overall success of a person and in the end it's about priorities.

Our savings from current income is a drop in the bucket when compared to the annual profits being produced by our investments.

I don't know what the number is, but I'm guessing a $ 40 million business — which is a drop in a bucket.

It's not going to happen and any savings would be a drop in the bucket as far as local governments fiscal problems go.

Each of these figures is a drop in the bucket considering the human genome is 3.2 billion base pairs long.

Your retirement money shouldn't be a drop in the bucket — but you can use the bucket method to organize your funds.

Six months is a drop in the bucket compared to the 360 months that comprise a 30 - year mortgage term.

Once the first one or two most important and least - favored things are done, everything else is a drop in the bucket.

If pennies are drops in a bucket, I'm getting pretty close to being able to swim.

Get on top, stay on top and be the last squad to avoid being a drop in the bucket.

One hour of therapy with a child a week was a drop in the bucket compared to the time the child spent at home.

And $ 2.4 billion is a drop in the bucket for B of A, which has paid out $ 29 billion in meltdown - related settlements since 2009.

However, $ 100 can be a drop in the bucket compared to what you'll save if you're booking a business class long - haul international flight at the best redemption rate.

I read approximately 350 - 400 books each year, which is a drop in the bucket!

Trust me, Roddenberry was a drop in the bucket of influential people who believe this philosophy.

Considering his overwhelming talent though, the higher price would still be a drop in the bucket compared to what Liverpool could get out of him.

And its global turnover is a drop in the bucket in China, where Internet giants Alibaba and Tencent dominate the world's biggest mobile payments market — with an estimated $ 1 trillion worth of mobile transactions last year, according to iResearch data.

I mean, I am sure a million dollars is a drop in the bucket for her, she can make another million quite easily... come on people, fair play, jump on her case now with the same reasoning that you just painted the Grahams with.

Other WSJ Law Blog commenters say that Neuborne's $ 4 million request in a case involving $ 1.25 billion settlement fund is a drop in the bucket compared with what lawyers recovered in tobacco litigation.

Look at it this way — $ 17 really is a drop in the bucket compared to the time and money you can save yourself...

Those numbers are a drop in the bucket compared to the cash flow declines already baked into the current stock price.

The $ 31.33 billion drawdown over the past year is a drop in the bucket relative to China's $ 1.2 trillion holding, the third - largest after the Fed and the Social Security Fund.

Life on earth is a drop in the bucket compared to life in heaven.

100 million bible thumpers dead is a drop in the bucket.

What he got was a drop in the bucket when you think of what he did to the thousands in New York and D.C. back then.

I suspect that the number of deaths attributed communist dictators is a drop in the bucket compared to the estimated 90 % death rate of indigenous Americans when Christian explorers arrived in the New World.

A $ 10Billion roads project in the US is a drop in the bucket.

At $ 3,000 a vial, two vials per dose, the price is a drop in the bucket compared with the expenses incurred during the critical phase of recovery, which can easily exceed a million dollars in the coming weeks.

«s budget was a drop in the bucket.

However, those scenes were a drop in the bucket when compared to other scenes that deserved some variety in the camerawork.

She continued: «Thirty - two students are a drop in the bucket compared to the thousands on the autism spectrum in the New York City school system.

Second, while pension costs are going up, Malloy's plan is a drop in the bucket compared to what is needed to properly fund Connecticut's $ 22 billion in unfunded state and teacher pension systems, not to mention that they are BELOW what Governor Malloy promised to allocate for those funds.

That extra 350,000 or so sales is no drop in the bucket, but since total sales are expected to be between 10 million and 11 million this year, it's hardly the lifesaver that manufacturers needed, especially since September sales are on track to be one of the worst months ever and dealers are suffering what's being called «clunker hangover.»

Digital advertising spending is a drop in the bucket compared to print.

(although one should probably remember ebooks are a drop in the bucket of the «zon's as well as Apple's earnings)

Many people are tackling any bad credit they may have incurred realizing that any costs of credit repair are a drop in the bucket compared to just letting any bad credit stay on their credit report for 7 - 10 years.

«I've got so much student debt at this point, a percentage point or two on a mortgage is a drop in the bucket,» Mr. Clark said.

The vegas population and its visitors are a drop in the bucket.

But until sprawl is reined in and the rules change to disincent these stand - alone buildings in the middle of parking lots, the net - zero designation is pretty superfluous; the 100,000 kWh is a drop in the bucket.

The newly opened expanses would simply be a drop in the bucket in the context of the global oil marketplace, and not voluminous to make much impact.

Hauser's grants were a drop in the bucket compared to the climate cabal's.

Dr. Chameides responds: Corn ethanol will at best be a drop in the bucket when it comes to addressing our dependence on foreign oil.

This one decision is a drop in the bucket in the broader context of the exploitation of migrant workers but it is work we feel very strongly about and principles we will always fight for.