Needle in Haystack

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Permalink Reply by Ed la mouette on May 31, 2011 at 6:10am

Hello,

It is translated literally : une aiguille dans une botte de foin. For the second idiom, we can say avoir un oeil de lynx or avoir la vue perçante.

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on May 31, 2011 at 6:19am

Ed -- I think by "bird's eye view" they simply meant "vue de haut".

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Permalink Reply by Chantal Mockros on June 1, 2011 at 1:06am

Thanks guys!  Say, is there an expression in French which means looking for a very long-shot (like 'needle in haystack')?  Is this literal translation used that way in French?

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Permalink Reply by Ed la mouette on June 6, 2011 at 10:56am

Thanks Neil, I misunderstood that.

Chantal, yes it is used literally.

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