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spit in the ocean en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, idiomatic, uncountable) A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance.
   • Lawrence Venuti, a translator and author of The Translator's Invisibility, said that, beyond high-profile bestsellers, translations in the UK and US were still "a spit in the ocean" compared with countries such as Spain, France or Italy. 2014 August 24, Dalya Alberge, “British readers lost in translations as foreign literature sales boom”, in The Observer:
2. (uncountable) A variety of poker involving an extra dealt card shared by all players.

Synonyms

fico · dicky-bird · bric-a-brac · flyspeck · scuddick · whiffle · picayune · flamfew · trick · dicky · triviality · white chip · sop · fig · ticky-tack · drop in the ocean · minuity · niff-naff · trifle · bagatelle · toy · bag of shells