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!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English

!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Idioms: a drop in the bucket

a drop in the bucket




American English
Meaning: If an amount is a drop in the bucket, it's a very small portion of the amount that's needed.
For example:
  • Our government's sending a thousand tons of food, but that's just a drop in the bucket compared to what's needed.
  • I know twenty dollars is just a drop in the bucket, but if everyone gave that much it'd make a big difference.
  • Source: The English Club
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