a needle in a haystack
Definition
› something that is impossible or extremely difficult to find, especially because the area you have to search is too large: Finding the piece of paper I need in this huge pile of documents is like looking for/trying to find a needle in a haystackSearching
(Definition of a needle in a haystack from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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a miserable, poor, etc. excuse for sth idiom
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a mouth to feed idiom
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a mug's game idiom
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a narrow squeak idiom
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a nasty piece of work idiom
- a needle in a haystack idiom
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a new broom sweeps clean idiom
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a new lease of life idiom
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a night on the town idiom
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a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
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a nip and tuck idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- beachcomber noun
- bounty hunter noun
- burrow verb
- cast around/about phrasal verb
- delve verb
- dig verb (SEARCH)
- divine verb (SEARCH)
- look sth out phrasal verb
- manhunt noun
- nose verb (SEARCH)
- once-over noun (LOOKING)
- poke around phrasal verb
- quest noun
- scout noun (SEARCH)
- scout verb
- shake sb/somewhere down phrasal verb
- shakedown noun (SEARCH)
- strip search noun
- turn a place inside out idiom
- turn sth upside down idiom
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