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:
- like shooting fish in a barrel
- like a sitting duck
- like a three-ring circus
- like crazy
- like taking candy from a baby
- like it or lump it
- like hell
- like a ton of bricks
- like mad
- like nothing on earth
- like a bump on a log
- Like it's such a big deal!
- like waving a red flag in front of a bull
- like water off a duck's back
- like lambs to the slaughter