to be like hen's teeth

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• hen's teeth — noun anything very rare or impossible to obtain is said to be like finding hen’s teeth Syn: rocking horse shit …   Wiktionary

• scarce as hen's teeth — not many of them, few or none    Rural doctors are scarce as hen s teeth. Doctors like the city life …   English idioms

• hen — O.E. henn, from W.Gmc. *khannjo (Cf. O.Fris. henn, M.Du. henne, O.H.G. henna), fem. of *han(e)ni male fowl, cock (Cf. O.E. hana cock ), lit. bird who sings (for sunrise), from PIE root *kan to sing (see CHANT (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

• comb´like´ — comb1 «kohm», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) a piece of metal, rubber, plastic, or bone, with teeth, used to arrange or straighten the hair, or to hold it in place: »She ran a comb through her hair to get out the snarls. b) = currycomb. (Cf. ↑currycomb) 2 …   Useful english dictionary

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