Skerrick/本の少し

Skerrick
Australian English
A small, trifling amount.

日本語
本の少しのもの。微妙の量。

Plain English
An iota. An inch. A meager, tiny or slightest amount.

豪日米
Saying “sorry” doesn’t make a skerrick of difference if you don’t change your ways.「ごめんなさい」を言っても、やり方変えない限りいつまで立っても同じだよ。Saying “sorry” doesn’t make the slightest difference if you don’t change your ways.
“She didn’t give a skerrick of a chance.”「彼女が少しでもチャンスを与えなかった。」“She didn’t give an inch of a chance.”

Strine Dictionary

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