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单词 be thick (or thin) on the ground
释义

be thick (or thin) on the ground

Exist in large (or small) numbers or amounts: good men are thin on the ground...
  • Parents however were thin on the ground except for the usual dedicated few.
  • Sympathy for what he himself has overcome since last August is strangely thin on the ground.
  • Others argue that allied troops are too thin on the ground to make any difference.

Synonyms

rare, few and far between, scarce, seldom seen/found;
uncommon, unusual, infrequent;
British out of the common
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