"buscar una aguja en un pajar" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: busco una aguja en un pajar [first-person, present, singular], busqué una aguja en un pajar [first-person, preterite, singular], buscado una aguja en un pajar [participle, past]
Head templates: {{es-verb}} buscar una aguja en un pajar (first-person singular present busco una aguja en un pajar, first-person singular preterite busqué una aguja en un pajar, past participle buscado una aguja en un pajar)
  1. (idiomatic) to look for a needle in a haystack Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-buscar_una_aguja_en_un_pajar-es-verb-hvjEM8Pl Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

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