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                           Phrase(s): 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.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs