Let him also concede that in this case, as in most others, a thimbleful of resources counts for more than a bucketful of good intentions.
An off-licence holder can sell beer by the thimbleful if he wishes.
It has not cost them a thimbleful of salt.
In helping disabled children, a thimbleful of resources counts for more than a bucketful of sympathy.
A thimbleful of encouragement goes much farther than a bucketful of discouragement and critisims.
Is he aware that many millions of tons of coal are still being moved in thimblefuls to power stations and gas works by road haulage vehicles?
I had no fuel pressure in the last ten laps, and ended up with a thimbleful of gas at the finish.
