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Noun: drop in the ocean
  1. An effort or action having very little overall influence, especially as compared to a huge problem.
    - drop in the bucket

Type of: deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency

Nearest

drop cloth
drop curtain
drop dead
drop down
drop earring
drop forge
drop goal
drop hammer
drop in
drop in the bucket
drop in the ocean
drop keel
drop like flies
drop line
drop off
drop one's serve
drop open
drop out
drop press
drop scone
drop ship