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Da suchen Sie eine Stecknadel im Heuhaufen. [übtr.] You're looking for a needle in a haystack.

Gefunden haben Michaela Vieser und Reto Wettach im Heuhaufen Deutschland so einiges. [G] Michaela Vieser and Reto Wettach have found all sorts of things in Germany's haystack.

Oder - frei nach dem amerikanischen Mediziner Julius H. Comroe: Serendipity bedeutet, nach der Nadel im Heuhaufen zu suchen und stattdessen die Tochter des Bauern zu finden. [G] Or to quote the American medic Julius H. Comroe, "Serendipity is like looking for a needle in a haystack and finding the farmer's daughter."

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