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(yǔ)中與之對(duì)應(yīng)的成語(yǔ)就是大海撈針了?？磥?lái)還是中國(guó)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(méi)有在網(wǎng)上找東西找的頭也大了的慘痛經(jīng)歷呢？其實(shí)，Sometimes trying to find something on the worldwide web is like trying to find a needle in the haystack. 有時(shí)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(ài)的，為什么有時(shí)候你對(duì)我這么不好呢？幫我洗襪子并 不是什么重活兒，對(duì)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(duì)?？墒且业侥愕囊m子可是個(gè)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(yǔ)中與之對(duì)應(yīng)的成語(yǔ)就是大海撈針了?？磥?lái)還是中國(guó)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(méi)有在網(wǎng)上找東西找的頭也大了的慘痛經(jīng)歷呢？其實(shí)，Sometimes trying to find something on the worldwide web is like trying to find a needle in the haystack. 有時(shí)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(ài)的，為什么有時(shí)候你對(duì)我這么不好呢？幫我洗襪子并 不是什么重活兒，對(duì)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(duì)?？墒且业侥愕囊m子可是個(gè)重活，并不比大海撈針容易。