like looking for a needle in a haystack
быть занятым бесполезными поисками, "искать иголку в стоге сена"
My son always misplaces things, so looking for his car keys that day was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Другие идиомы:
- look like (something)
- like a bat out of hell
- like it or lump it
- like a ton of bricks
- like greased lightning
- like taking candy from a baby
- like lambs to the slaughter
- like a house on fire
- like a fish out of water
- like shooting fish in a barrel
- like a bolt out of the blue
- like two peas in a pod
- like water off a duck's back
- look like something the cat dragged in
- like crazy