"a drop in the bucket"

موضوع: "a drop in the bucket" الإثنين مايو 16, 2011 10:18 pm

"a drop in the bucket"

A drop in the bucket" is a something that is not important because it is
very small. Example: "I'm sorry I scratched your car." Reply: "Don't
worry about it. It's just a drop in the bucket. That car has more
scratches on it than I can count." There are so many "drops" in a
"bucket" of water that we could not count them all, so any one drop is
really not that important. Example: "When I think how many people there
are in the world, I realize that my own problems are just a drop in the
bucket." "A drop" is very small amount when compared with all there is
"in the bucket." "A drop in the bucket" is not important because it is a
tiny amount when compared to the larger whole. Example: "I'd like to do
something to change the world, but whatever I do seems like a drop in
the bucket

الترجمه

A drop in the bucket
المعنى هنا هو ان لا شيء مهم على سبيل المثال (لقد خدشت سيارتك) يكون الرد لا تقلق انها لاشيء
فهذه السياره بها الكثير من الخدوش لا استطيع عدها
فخدش اخر لا يؤثر
او بمعنى اخر فان نقطه جديده من الماء لن تؤثر فى دلو مملوء
على سبيل المثال
اريد ان افعل شيئا لتغيير العالم ولكن يبدو لى ان ما سافعله سيكون نقطه فى دلو
الخلاصه ان هذه الجمله لتستعمل للتعبير عن عدم اهميه الفعل الذى حدث فنقول
it is a drop in the bucket

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