to find a needle in the haystack.
Definition: difficult to find or uncover
haystack，干草堆，在干草堆里找針，就是指非常難找到或發(fā)現(xiàn)。不難想到漢語中與之對應的成語就是大海撈針了。看來還是中國人民的智慧要更高一籌，大海里撈針比草堆里找針要難多了吧。你有沒有在網(wǎng)上找東西找的頭也大了的慘痛經(jīng)歷呢？其實，Sometimes trying to find something on the worldwide web is like trying to find a needle in the haystack. 有時候在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上找東西就和大海撈針一樣難。
Example dialogue
Husband: Honey, why are you sometimes so unkind? Washing my socks is not a difficult labor, is it? 親愛的，為什么有時候你對我這么不好呢？幫我洗襪子并 不是什么重活兒，對吧
Wife: No. But the difficult labor is to find your socks. It's no less difficult than to find a needle in the haystack. 對。可是要找到你的襪子可是個重活，并不比大海撈針容易。
Definition: difficult to find or uncover
haystack，干草堆，在干草堆里找針，就是指非常難找到或發(fā)現(xiàn)。不難想到漢語中與之對應的成語就是大海撈針了。看來還是中國人民的智慧要更高一籌，大海里撈針比草堆里找針要難多了吧。你有沒有在網(wǎng)上找東西找的頭也大了的慘痛經(jīng)歷呢？其實，Sometimes trying to find something on the worldwide web is like trying to find a needle in the haystack. 有時候在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上找東西就和大海撈針一樣難。
Example dialogue
Husband: Honey, why are you sometimes so unkind? Washing my socks is not a difficult labor, is it? 親愛的，為什么有時候你對我這么不好呢？幫我洗襪子并 不是什么重活兒，對吧
Wife: No. But the difficult labor is to find your socks. It's no less difficult than to find a needle in the haystack. 對。可是要找到你的襪子可是個重活，并不比大海撈針容易。