be as scarce as hen's teeth

To be incredibly rare; to be extremely difficult or impossible to find. Support for the president is as scarce as hens' teeth in this part of the country.

be as scarce as hen's teeth

(American & Australian)

to be very difficult or impossible to find It was the President's inauguration and hotel rooms in Washington were as scarce as hen's teeth.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Timur	tee-MOOR (Russian)	History, Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Russian
Maureen	maw-REEN, MAWR-een	Irish, English
Rita	REE-tə (English), REE-tah (German)	Italian, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese
NiĈJo	NEE-chyo	Esperanto
Gereon	GE-re-awn (German)	German, Late Roman
Lenora	[lə'nɔ:rə]