drops in the sea

Noun

a drop in the sea (plural drops in the sea)

1. (idiomatic) A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance.
   • And while the Democrat-passed infrastructure bill will provide some $65 billion for upgrades to our sagging and squirrel-ravaged grid is a good start, it’s just a drop in the sea of public works efforts necessary to contend with not just our existing power transmission issues, but with the...2021 November 8, Dennis Perkins, “John Oliver explains why you're in the dark more than usual”, in The A.V. Club

   Synonyms:

   drop in the bucket, drop in the ocean, spit in the ocean, bagatelle, bag of shells, bric-a-brac, dicky, dicky-bird, fico, fig