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Needle in a haystack: meaning and use in English

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A needle in a haystack is a person or thing that is extremely hard to find among many similar possibilities. Use the idiom to describe the search or the item being sought.

Finding the original receipt in that drawer is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
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