They need to raise thousands of dollars for this project, so our 20-dollar donation is just 'a drop in the bucket'.
It's raining 'buckets'. = The rain is coming down 'in buckets'. [=it's raining very hard]
The rain is really 'bucketing down'. = It's 'bucketing down'. [=it's pouring]
(..) This is my family, the Eastern Knights. We're fundraising here today for our chess club so we can go to Auckland and compete in the national champs. We've got our bucket down here, so put money in it if you can. And if you can't, then you can just fuck off. Hey, Michael! Nah, just kidding. (..)2014 The Dark Horse