a drop in the bucket »
An effort or action having very little overall influence, especially as compared to a huge problem.
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a drop in the ocean »
A drop in the bucket.
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bolt bucket »
A machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable.
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bucket down »
To rain heavily.
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bucket of bolts »
A piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often of old cars.
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kick the bucket »
Of a machine, to break down such that it cannot be repaired.
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kick the bucket »
To die.
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light bucket »
Nickname for a reflecting telescope, especially one with a relatively large aperture and suitable for observing deep sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies.
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shroud »
One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
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