a futile attempt; an act which will have very little or no consequence; a very small proportion of the whole
Trying to stop illegal downloading by arresting individual college students is like pissing in the ocean - there is no way they can arrest millions of internet-users.
by wube October 27, 2007
Get the pissing in the oceanmug. by thecarolinabull01 December 03, 2013
Get the pissing in an ocean of pissmug.