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▶ drop in the bucket ▶ drop in the ocean ▶ [lit] one grain of millet in a vast ocean |
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| 4. | A 2020-05-17 05:20:40 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Diff: | @@ -19 +19 @@ -<gloss g_type="lit">grain of millet in a vast ocean</gloss> +<gloss g_type="lit">one grain of millet in a vast ocean</gloss> |
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| 3. | A 2020-05-17 00:17:29 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Diff: | @@ -13,0 +14 @@ +<pos>&exp;</pos> @@ -14,0 +16 @@ +<misc>&id;</misc> |
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| 2. | A 2020-05-16 21:58:15 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | Yes |
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| Diff: | @@ -15,3 +15,3 @@ -<gloss>a drop in the bucket</gloss> -<gloss>a drop in the ocean</gloss> -<gloss g_type="lit">a grain of millet in a vast ocean</gloss> +<gloss>drop in the bucket</gloss> +<gloss>drop in the ocean</gloss> +<gloss g_type="lit">grain of millet in a vast ocean</gloss> |
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| 1. | A* 2020-05-15 07:17:13 dine <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | daijr, daijs, nikk: https://kotobank.jp/word/滄海の一粟-551900 滄海の一粟 201 蒼海の一粟 33 大海の一粟 34 |
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| Comments: | are the English idioms equivalent? |
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