a drop in the ocean
Description: It means a millet in the sea. Metaphor is small and insignificant. The sea: the sea; Xiaomi: Xiaomi.
Source: Song Dynasty Su Shi's "Former Red Cliff Fu": "It is a drop in the ocean to send ephemera to heaven and earth." This sentence means: (we) are in the vast world like ephemera and as small as millet in the sea.
Usage: more formal; As predicate and object; Refers to trivial matters
Ex.: We are just ~, not worthy of mourning! -Ding Ling's "Cowshed Sketch"
Antonym: Ganges sand number
Two-part allegorical saying: A wheat falling into the Pacific Ocean is a drop in the ocean.
Second, nine hairs remember Ni and Mao.
Description: It means a hair on these nine cows, indicating that the number is small, slight, or very few in a large number.
Example: Success is the result of joint efforts, so don't mention your contribution of 9.9 cents.
Synonym: a drop in the ocean, a spark.
Antonym: countless, too numerous to mention.
Usage: as subject, object and attribute; Metaphor is very few in a large number.
Three, Taicang a millet tàI cāng yīSi and si
Commentary: A grain of millet in the big barn. The metaphor is very small. Taicang: the granary of the ancient capital; Xiaomi: Xiaomi.
Source: Ming Luo Guan Zhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Kong Ming said: "When these two people go to Jiangdong, if a leaf floats on a tree, they will lose a millet."
Usage: as object and clause; Metaphor is one of many things.
Near meaning: also known as Taicang rice. Rice is millet, which is as small as a millet in the barn. A drop in the ocean, nine Niu Yi hairs.
Antisense: the number of barrels in a car.
For example, when you climb Mount Huangshan and face the vast sea of clouds, you can't help feeling "a drop in the ocean".
Fourth, it is insignificant.
Note: the meaning and value are too small to mention. Micro: thin and small. Foot: worthwhile; Tell me about it.
Source: Guo Moruo's poem "Hundred Flowers in Monochrome" said: "Although we are insignificant in grass flowers. But our color is purple. "
Usage: more formal; As predicate and object. It is often used to describe that people's strength, contribution or things are of little quantity, value and significance; Not worth mentioning.
From a macro point of view, most of the problems people care about can be said to be irrelevant or even irrelevant.
Lantern riddle: a grain of sand on the Gobi desert (four-word idiom)-insignificant
Five, as few as the morning star.
Explanation: as rare as the stars in the morning. Few people or things are described. Sparse: Sparse. If: it seems so.
Usage: form, as predicate and attribute; Used of people or things.
Synonym: a handful, rare, a few stars, very few, very few.
Antonym: endless, endless, endless, endless,
Idiom allusions:
During the Tang Dynasty, religion prevailed, and Dr. Han Yu, the son of Guo Zi, believed in Confucianism and resolutely opposed the popularity of Buddhism and Taoism. He wrote a poem "Huashan Women", satirizing the situation that Buddhism and Taoism competed for believers at that time. There are many Buddhist believers in Huashan County, but few Taoist believers. Female Taoist priests preach in person, show off their colors and attract believers.
Example: Neishan Bookstore often goes, but not every day. There are very few people who chat, which makes people feel lonely.
-Lu Xun's Letter to Yamamoto Chuji