单词 | few and far between |
释义 | few and far betweenSEE SYNONYMS FOR few and far between ON THESAURUS.COM At wide intervals, scarce, as in Supporters of the amendment are few and far between. This expression originally was used very literally for physical objects such as houses appearing at widely separated intervals. Today it is also used more loosely. [Mid-1600s] Words nearby few and far betweenfever tree, fever twig, feverweed, feverwort, few, few and far between, few bricks shy of a load, fewer, fewness, few words, -fex The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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