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AE 1131 – Expression: A Drop in the Ocean

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Dropping in a Bucket

In the king james version, the passage reads, behold, the tions are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance. Charles dickens gave impetus to the further alteration and expansion in a christmas carol. So let's go through three examples of how i would use the expression to be a drop in the ocean. If someone offers to help you save up and hands you a small amount of money which make effectively no difference when it comes to you buying this expensive thing, that contribution is not an effective saving tool.

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