单词 | scarce as hen's teeth |
释义 | scarce as hen's teethAlso, scarcer than hen's teeth. Exceptionally rare, as in On a rainy night, taxis are as scarce as hen's teeth. Since hens have no teeth, this term in effect says that something is so scarce as to be nonexistent. [Mid-1800s] Words nearby scarce as hen's teethScaramouch, Scarborough, Scarborough lily, scar carcinoma, scarce, scarce as hen's teeth, scarcely, scarcely ever, scarcement, scarcity, scare The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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