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Where did the expression searching for a needle in a haystack come from?
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∙ 6y ago
It comes from St. Thomas Moore (1532) who said that looking for one line in his books would like looking for a needle in a meadow.
Another source says: first use of this expression, and its likely origin, is by the writer Miguel de Cervantes, in his story Don Quixote de la Mancha written from 1605-1615. According to Bartlett's, the expression 'As well look for as needle in a bottle of hay' (translated from the original Spanish) appears in part III, chapter 10. 'Bottle' is an old word for a bundle of hay, taken from the French word botte, meaning bundle.
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Where did the statement searching for a needle in a haystack come from?
something very hard to find.as in something very small in a very large area.impossible.
How did the saying finding needle in a haystack come about?
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