be thin on the ground



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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Etsukoe-tsoo-koJapanese
LowellLO-əlEnglish
Vladislavavlah-dee-SLAH-vah (Russian)Russian, Czech
Odalric-Ancient Germanic
LisaLEE-sə (English), LEE-zah (German), LEE-sah (Dutch)English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian
Torgils-Norwegian