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needle in a haystack |
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a needle in a haystack something extremely hard to find. It's pretty much a needle in a haystack because these fish are extremely hard to find. Usage notes: also used in the forms look for a needle in a haystack and find a needle in a haystack Etymology: based on the idea that it is to almost impossible to find a thin sewing needle in a haystack (= a very tall pile of dried grass) |
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The wind was fair but fitful, and it was like looking for a needle in a haystack to raise that tiny boat out of the blue immensity. But to hunt on a dark night for a boy in a sea of mud would be like hunting for a needle in a haystack, and he did not attempt it. I came here, looking for a needle in a haystack, and I ain't found it. |
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needle in a haystack
