A needle in a haystack
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 5Something impossible to find
भूसे के ढेर में सुई ढूँढना
One entry in fifteen registers was a needle in a haystack.
A needle in a haystack is found by a method and not by luck.
Daily use: Ye needle in a haystack thi.
Hay = सूखी घास, stack = ढेर। घास के बड़े ढेर में गिरी सुई, जहाँ सुई और तिनका दोनों पतले — ढूँढना लगभग असंभव। यही a needle in a haystack।
Hay is dry grass and a stack is a big heap. A needle dropped into a huge heap of hay, where needle and straw both look thin, is almost impossible to find. That is A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK.
Meaning: जिसे ढूँढना लगभग असंभव हो। Related 'comb through', 'scrutiny'; opposite 'at one's fingertips' (तुरंत उपलब्ध)।
It means something almost impossible to find; 'comb through' and 'scrutiny' are related options, while 'at one's fingertips' (readily available) is the opposite.