Tanım
•vain attempt due to inadequate efforts; a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean
Etimoloji
焼(や)け (yake, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 焼(や)ける (yakeru)) + 石(いし) (ishi) + に (ni) + 水(みず) (mizu). Literally "water on a hot stone".