as scarce as hen's teeth Idiom, Proverb

as scarce as hen's teeth

rare, uncommon, not many of them Country doctors are as scarce as hen's teeth.

as deficient as hen's teeth

rare, uncommon, not abounding of them Country doctors are as deficient as hen's teeth.

(as) deficient as hens' teeth

Incredibly deficient or rare; acutely difficult or absurd to find. Support for the applicant is as deficient as hens' teeth in this allotment of the country. Please, who would I alike ask to the prom? A aerial academy boy who isn't a doofus is as deficient as hens' teeth. Passionate love like you acquisition in a composition has consistently seemed deficient as hens' teeth in my experience.Learn more: scarce, teeth

*scarce as hen's teeth

and scarcer than hen's teethCliché scarce; hardly found. (*Also: as ~.) I do declare, appropriate bodies are as deficient as hen's teeth in these anarchic times. Handmade applique is scarcer than hen's teeth; best applique is fabricated by machine.Learn more: scarce, teeth

scarce as hen's teeth

Also, scarcer than hen's teeth. Exceptionally rare, as in On a backing night, taxis are as deficient as hen's teeth. Since hens accept no teeth, this appellation in aftereffect says that article is so deficient as to be nonexistent. [Mid-1800s] Learn more: scarce, teeth

scarce as hen's teeth

Singularly rare. Also put as scarcer than hen’s teeth, this allusion to absent dentition is an Americanism of the nineteenth century. It appeared in James Gilmore’s My Southern Friends (1863): “Horses are scarcer than hen’s teeth about here.”Learn more: scarce, teeth

scarce as hen's teeth

Nonexistent. Hens accept no teeth, so what could possibly be scarcer? (Stones in their gizzards act as teeth to bullwork their food).Learn more: scarce, teeth

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as far as as far as I know as if as long as as luck would have it as new as poor as a church mouse as right as rain as scarce as hen's teeth as slow as a dead snail as slow as molasses in January as the crow flies as useless as a fifth wheel as useless as tits on a boar as usual as well as as yet as far as as far as I know as if as long as as luck would have it as new as poor as a church mouse as right as rain as scarce as hen's teeth as slow as a dead snail as slow as molasses in January as the crow flies as useless as a fifth wheel as useless as tits on a boar as usual as well as as yet as of as of late as of now as of right as often as not as old as Adam as old as my eyes and a little (bit) older than my teeth as one as one does as one door closes, another (one) opens as one door closes, another one opens as one door closes, another opens as one man as opposed to as per as per (something) as per something as per usual as per usual/normal as phony as a three-dollar bill as queer as a three-dollar bill as quickly, much, soon, etc. as possible as regards as regards somebody/something as right as rain as scarce as hen's teeth as shit as sin as sober as a judge as soon as soon as as soon as possible as such as sure as hell as the actress said to the bishop As the actress said to the bishop... as the actress said to the pope as the case may be as the crow flies as the day is long as the fella says as the next girl as the next guy as the next person as the saying goes as the spirit moves (one) as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined as the white on rice as the wind blows as they say as things stand