An exceptional individual, a unique person, as in That wife of yours is a rare bird; you're lucky to have her. This idiom, generally used as a compliment, is a translation of the Latin rara avis, which itself was used from about 1600 on and began to be translated only in the
late 1800s.
rare bird, a
| Idioms: rare bird, a |
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- It's All Rock & Roll (1979 Album by Steve Nardella)
- Classic Rock Presents Prog Rock (2006 Album by Various Artists)
- The Turnstyle (Rock Band, '60s)
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- Alps (1996 Album by Alps)
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- Epic Forest (1972 Album by Rare Bird)
- Fields (Rock Band, '70s)
- Songbirds [GRP] (1993 Album by Various Artists)
- Roena: The Fania Legends of Salsa Collection, Vol. 4 (1995 Album by Roberto Roena)
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- Sympathy (1976 Album by Rare Bird)
