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

[Benjamin Barrett]

When expressions pass into clichédom, is this what happens to them?

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA

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On Mar 15, 2014, at 10:55 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:

> 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).

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