like looking for a needle in a haystack

Fig. engaged in a hopeless search. Trying to find a white glove in the snow is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I tried to find my lost contact lens on the beach, but it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jordana	hor-DAH-nah (Spanish), jawr-DAN-ə (English)	Spanish, Portuguese, Macedonian, English (Rare)
Simon	SIE-mən (English), see-MAWN (French), ZEE-mawn (German), SEE-mawn (Dutch)	English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Romanian, Macedonian
Eaton	['i:tn]
Tahir	-	Arabic
Mihailo	-	Serbian
Siet	SEET	Frisian