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)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ansty	['ænsti]
Cassiopeia	ka-see-ə-PEE-ə (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Milda	-	Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology
Aylin	['eilin]
Antonia	ahn-TO-nyah (Italian, Spanish), an-TON-ee-ə (English), ahn-TO-nee-ah (German, Dutch), ahn-TAWN-yah (Polish)	Italian, Spanish, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Ancient Roma
Hiroto	hee-ṙo-to	Japanese