粟あわ粒つぶ

noun

millet grain

Refers literally to a single grain of millet.

• 粟あわ粒つぶはとても小ちいさい。

  A millet grain is very small.

noun

something extremely tiny

Figurative use emphasizing extreme smallness, often in comparisons.

• その傷きずは粟あわ粒つぶほどだった。

  The wound was as small as a millet grain.