"look for a needle in a haystack" meaning in Anglais

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  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de look, for, a, needle, in, a et haystack."
  ],
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    {
      "form": "to look for a needle in a haystack",
      "ipas": [
        "\\lʊk fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "looks for a needle in a haystack",
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        "\\lʊks fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
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        "present",
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    },
    {
      "form": "looked for a needle in a haystack",
      "ipas": [
        "\\lʊkt fɔː fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
      ],
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    {
      "form": "looked for a needle in a haystack",
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        "\\lʊkt fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
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    {
      "form": "looking for a needle in a haystack",
      "ipas": [
        "\\lʊk.ɪŋ fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
      ],
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        "participle",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
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    "se conjugue : → voir la conjugaison de look"
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        {
          "text": "It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack.",
          "translation": "C’est comme chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin."
        }
      ],
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        "Chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin."
      ],
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      "ipa": "\\lʊk fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
    },
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      "ipa": "\\lʊk fɔɹ ə ˈniː.dl ɪn ə heɪ.stæk\\",
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      "ipa": "\\lʊk fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\",
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    "Composé de look, for, a, needle, in, a et haystack."
  ],
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      "form": "to look for a needle in a haystack",
      "ipas": [
        "\\lʊk fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looks for a needle in a haystack",
      "ipas": [
        "\\lʊks fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
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    },
    {
      "form": "looked for a needle in a haystack",
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        "\\lʊkt fɔː fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
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        "\\lʊkt fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
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      "form": "looking for a needle in a haystack",
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        "\\lʊk.ɪŋ fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
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          "text": "It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack.",
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        }
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        "Chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin."
      ],
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      "ipa": "\\lʊk fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
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      "ipa": "\\lʊk fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\",
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