idiom
Needle in a haystack
NEE-dul in uh HAY-stak
/ˈniː.dəl ɪn ə ˈheɪ.stæk/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
Needlehaystack
Dictionary meaning
Something nearly impossible to find.
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