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1 it's like looking for a needle in a haystack
es como buscar una aguja en un pajarEnglish-spanish dictionary > it's like looking for a needle in a haystack
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2 to be like looking for a needle in a haystack
English-spanish dictionary > to be like looking for a needle in a haystack
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tr['heɪstæk]1 almiar nombre masculinohaystack ['heɪ.stæk] n: almiar mn.• almiar (Agricultura) s.m.• niara s.f.• pajar s.m.noun almiar m['heɪstæk]N almiar m- be like looking for a needle in a haystack* * *noun almiar m -
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'ni:dl1) (a small, sharp piece of steel with a hole (called an eye) at one end for thread, used in sewing etc: a sewing needle.) aguja2) (any of various instruments of a long narrow pointed shape: a knitting needle; a hypodermic needle.) aguja3) ((in a compass etc) a moving pointer.) aguja4) (the thin, sharp-pointed leaf of a pine, fir etc.) aguja•- needlework
needle n agujatr['niːdəl]1 (gen) aguja4 (leaf) hoja1 familiar pinchar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLit's like looking for a needle in a haystack es como buscar una aguja en un pajarneedle n1) : aguja fto thread a needle: enhebrar una agujaknitting needle: aguja de tejer2) pointer: aguja f, indicador mn.• aguja s.f.• lengüeta s.f.• púa s.f.v.• fastidiar v.
I 'niːdḷcount nouna) (for sewing, on syringe, for etching) aguja f; ( on record player) aguja f, púa f (RPl); ( knitting needle) aguja f de tejer or (Esp) de hacer punto, palillo m (Chi)to give somebody the needle — (colloq) ( taunt) (AmE) pinchar a alguien (fam); ( irritate) (BrE) sacar* de quicio a alguien
to look for a needle in a haystack — buscar* una aguja en un pajar
b) ( on gauge) aguja fc) ( Bot) aguja f
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transitive verb pinchar (fam)['niːdl]what really needles me is that... — lo que de verdad me saca de quicio or me fastidia es que...
1. N1) (for sewing) aguja f- get the needle- give sb the needleknitting, pin 1., 1)2) (Bot) aguja f, acícula fpine needle — aguja f de pino
3) * rivalidad f, pique m4) ** (=drugs) droga f2. VT1) * pinchar *, fastidiar2) (US) ** [+ drink] añadir alcohol a3.CPDneedle case N — alfiletero m
needle exchange N — (centro m) de intercambio m de jeringuillas
needle match N — partido m de máxima rivalidad
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I ['niːdḷ]count nouna) (for sewing, on syringe, for etching) aguja f; ( on record player) aguja f, púa f (RPl); ( knitting needle) aguja f de tejer or (Esp) de hacer punto, palillo m (Chi)to give somebody the needle — (colloq) ( taunt) (AmE) pinchar a alguien (fam); ( irritate) (BrE) sacar* de quicio a alguien
to look for a needle in a haystack — buscar* una aguja en un pajar
b) ( on gauge) aguja fc) ( Bot) aguja f
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transitive verb pinchar (fam)what really needles me is that... — lo que de verdad me saca de quicio or me fastidia es que...
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