Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

To look for a needle in a haystack.

Russian translation:

искать иголку в стоге сена

Added to glossary by erika rubinstein
Aug 26, 2010 15:37
13 yrs ago
English term

To look for a needle in a haystack.

Non-PRO English to Russian Other Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
To look for something that is difficult to find.
To look for somebody, who is difficult to find.
Change log

Aug 26, 2010 16:53: Mikhail Kropotov changed "Language pair" from "Russian" to "English to Russian"

Aug 30, 2010 08:09: erika rubinstein Created KOG entry

Discussion

gutbuster Aug 27, 2010:
U r kidding, Natalie? It really is.
Natalie Aug 26, 2010:
Are you sure it is a non-Pro question?

Proposed translations

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искать иголку в стоге сена

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Peer comment(s):

agree Roman Bardachev : не могу не согласиться, а что ж confidence 4 всего, поуверенней нужно быть ))
1 hr
thank you
agree Igor Antipin
1 hr
thank you
agree Marina Aleyeva
1 hr
thank you
agree svetlana cosquéric
1 hr
thank you
agree Andrei Mazurin
1 hr
thank you
agree Oksana Kornitskaja
1 hr
thank you
agree Jānis Greivuls
2 hrs
thank you
agree sas_proz
2 hrs
thank you
agree Andrei Yefimov
4 hrs
thank you
agree gutbuster : браво
18 hrs
thank you
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+7
4 mins

Искать иголку в стоге сена

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Peer comment(s):

agree Igor Antipin
1 hr
Спасибо, Игорь
agree Marina Aleyeva
1 hr
Спасибо, Марина
agree svetlana cosquéric
1 hr
Спасибо, Светлана
agree Andrei Mazurin
1 hr
Спасибо, Андрей
agree Jānis Greivuls
2 hrs
agree Andrei Yefimov
4 hrs
agree gutbuster : браво
18 hrs
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