needle in a haystack

[needle in a haystack] {n. phr.}, {informal} Something that will be very hard to find.

* /"I lost my class ring somewhere in the front yard," said June. Jim answered, "Too bad. That will be like finding a needle in a haystack."/

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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