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
ŞErİF-Turkish
Pranveraprahn-VER-ahAlbanian
Benita[bə'ni:tə]
ŠTefanijashte-FAHN-ee-yah (Croatian)Slovene, Croatian
NÖLNULLimburgish
IngoING-go (German)German, Ancient Germanic