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	Pronounced	Usage
LoÏC	-	French, Breton
Ignacja	-	Polish
Kjellfrid	-	Norwegian
IonatÁN	-	Irish
Wilhelmus	-	Dutch
Kelda	-	English (Rare)