Usually means: Finding something extremely difficult, rare.
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We found 3 dictionaries that define the word needle in a haystack:

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  1. needle-in-a-haystack, needle in a haystack: Wiktionary
  2. Needle in a Haystack (House), Needle in a haystack (disambiguation), Needle in a haystack: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Needle in a Haystack: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (needle in a haystack)

noun:  (idiomatic) Something that is difficult or impossible to locate.

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