rare bird
noun
An exceptional person or thing; a rarity: the style is a rare bird in Brazilian music...
- Though men far outnumber women at both resorts, we feel welcome, even special, like rare birds.
- And there certainly are nice people in sales professions, even those rare birds who will sacrifice their commissions to make sure you get what you truly need or want.
Origin
Translating Latin rara avis (Juvenal's Satires, vi.165).
- well-thinking
- well thought of
- well-thought-on
- well thought out
- well-thriven
- well thumbed
- well-timbered
- well timed
- well-to-do
- well-to-do-ism
- well-to-do-ness
- well-told
- well to live
- well tomb
- well-toned
- well to pass
- well-tossed
- well-traded
- well-trained
- well trap
- well traveled
- well travelled
- well-treated
- well-tricked
- well tried