Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack. 在这座大城市里寻找一个人犹如大海捞针.
He'd been sleeping rough for a week, in ditches and haystacks. 他在沟里和草堆里露宿了一个星期。
He's under a haystack, fast asleep. 他早在干草堆里睡着啦!
haystack
[ noun ] a stack of hay <noun.group>
Haystack \Hay"stack`\ (h[=a]"st[a^]k`), n. A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.
For a novice angler it's somewhat intimidating, like looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.
"It's like hunting for a needle in a haystack," Tsui said.
We really are looking at a needle in a haystack." Osterholm estimated that thousands of people were made ill by the contaminated tomatoes.
Bianchi and her colleagues, who sampled the blood of four pregnant women, said looking for the fetal cells was far worse than looking for a needle in a haystack.