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Where did the statement searching for a needle in a haystack come from?
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∙ 15y ago
something very hard to find.as in something very small in a very large area.impossible.
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How did the saying finding needle in a haystack come about?
Finding the origins of colorful expressions can take a lot of detective work: discovering the roots of the phrase "finding a needle in a haystack" is indeed like trying to find a needle in a haystack! While nobody is certain, it is widely accepted belief that the expression surfaced around 1690 in France.
Where did the expression searching for a needle in a haystack come from?
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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