haystack
A mound, pile, or stack of stored hayA mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
» It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Das ist wie die Suche nach der Nadel im Heuhaufen.
Meaning
5 sensesA mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
Heuschober, Heuhaufen
стогstog, стог се́наstog séna, копна́kopná
стігstih, стіг сі́наstih sína, копи́цяkopýcja
a stack of hay
A standing wave in a rapid.
The text string within which another string is searched for. (see: needle in a haystack)
(broadly)Any place or collection of items through which one searches for something that is rare and hard to find.
A dish composed of a starchy food (rice, tortillas, crackers, etc.) topped by a protein (beans, cheese, meat, etc.) in combination with fresh vegetables, assembled on the plate by the diner.
Examples
10 sentencesIt's like looking for a needle in a haystack.
deDas ist wie die Suche nach der Nadel im Heuhaufen.
It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
ruЭто всё равно что искать иголку в стоге сена.
deDas ist, wie eine Nadel im Heuhaufen zu suchen.
That's like finding a needle in a haystack.
ruЭто как найти иголку в стоге сена.
The boys were playing in the field, near the new haystack.
Finding a good language course on the Internet is like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English haystak, haystake, hey stak, equivalent to hay + stack.From Middle English haystak, haystake, hey stak, equivalent to hay + stack.
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