look for a needle in a bottle of hay

look for a needle in a bottle of hay

Looking for a needle in a haystack is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is d à h à IL à ozh à n, which means fishing for a needle in a haystack. Metaphors are hard to find. It's from Jing Chai Ji, wrong obituary.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Ke Danqiu's jingchai Ji · wrong obituary: "son, I don't want to meet you in this life, unless I look for a needle in a haystack."

Idiom usage

It is used as object, attribute and adverbial in figurative sentences. The story of spring and Wuhu: looking for profit is like looking for a needle in a haystack, stirring up trouble is like firewood. Chapter 7 of Wu Jianren's the strange situation witnessed in the past 20 years: it's like, where can we catch him.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonyms: easy, easy, easy to get