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needle in a haystack
needle in a haystack
Something that is very difficult to locate. Trying to find my contact lens on the floor was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
needle in a haystack
An item that is very hard or impossible to locate, as in Looking for that screw in Dean's workshop amounts to looking for a needle in a haystack. Originating in the early 1500s, with meadow instead of haystack, this metaphor exists in many other languages as well.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Joscelin | | - | Old Norman |
| Dugan | | ['du:gən] | |
| Mariana | | mə-RYA-nə (Portuguese), mah-RYAH-nah (Spanish) | Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Czech, Ancient Roman |
| Hwan | | hwahn | Korean |
| Hikaru | | hee-kah-ṙoo | Japanese |
| Arne (1) | | AHR-ne (Swedish) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |