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be thin on the ground

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be thin on the ground

  (British & Australian)

if things or people are thin on the ground, there are not many of them Bears are getting rather thin on the ground in European forests. I get the impression work is a bit thin on the ground at the moment. (British & Australian)

See also: ground, on, thin