Successor to "like looking for a needle in a haystack"

[Joel S. Berson]

Capt. D. K. Sharma, a spokesman for the Indian Navy, refused on
Friday to offer an estimate of long the search for Malaysia Airlines
flight 370 might take.  "How can you ask such a question? This is
like looking for a needle in that vast expanse of sea."

NYTimes, Sat. March 15, "Satellite Firm Says Its Data Could Offer
Location of Missing Flight," page A6, col. 5-6 (New England edition).

Joel

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