flea-bite [医] 蚤咬
- He is a rich man; five hundred dollars is a mere flea bite to him.
他是有钱人,五百元对他来说是微不足道之事。 - We raised nearly a hundred pounds at the church jumble sale but it's only a flea bite compared with the amount we need to renovate the church roof.
我们在教堂的旧杂货义卖中筹集了近100英镑,但同我们要整修教堂屋顶所需要的数额相比,这只是个小数额。
Flea-bite \Flea"-bite`\, n.
1. The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite.
2. A trifling wound or pain, like that of the bite of a flea.
--Harvey.