"Spit in the ocean" nghĩa là gì?

"We're early into the year with budget cuts and they're already closing schools. It's not a Herbertsville problem, it's a district problem. They're closing Herbertsville to help with this budget cut but Brick is losing $22-million dollars, it only costs $1.8-million to run Herbertsville, that's a spit in the ocean," Melissa Munnings, a Brick mom and member of the Herbertsville Stars, said.

Poetic licence (sự phóng túng về thi pháp). Yes. that was what he based his life on, a licence to be selfish, eternally happy taking the comforts (thoải mái) of her labours in a frequently dull nine to five job while contributing (đóng góp) little himself to the budget beyond a few meagre bursaries (tiền học bổng ít ỏi) that were a spit in the ocean of the cost of raising a family and keeping a roof over their heads.