spit in the ocean

American  

noun

Cards.

1. a variety of poker in which four cards are dealt face down to each player and one card, forming the fifth for all hands, is dealt face up in the center of the table, the exposed card and others of its denomination being wild cards.

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Example Sentences

Those particles were not missing, but would be diluted beyond detection, like spit in the ocean.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2014

The money raised by the higher gas tax is, of course, what Washington Highway Lobbyist Donald Knight calls only "a spit in the ocean" in attacking this immense backlog of long-deferred repair and reconstruction work.

From Time Magazine Archive