The phrase "a needle on a" is not complete and lacks context, but it is grammatically correct and can be used in written English when completed.
It can be used in expressions that convey the idea of something being difficult to find or pinpoint, often in relation to a larger context.
Example: "Finding the right solution felt like searching for a needle on a haystack."
Alternatives: "a needle in a haystack" or "a pin in a haystack."
How to put a needle on a record.
2. Putting a needle on a vinyl record. 3. Changing tracks on an eight-track tape.
The cat places a needle on a record, and rumba music begins to play.
You bang a drum; you put a needle on a record; you play a Web video.
It represents "all the transitions we've gone through over the years, from a needle on a record to a laser beam on a record," he said.
More surprising, electronic techniques are also used in manipulating language and movement: slowing down, breaking up, adding echo and reverb, "skipping" (like a needle on a record), playing backward (like a tape being rewound) and morphing (like the transformation of a digitized picture).
Speed is indicated by a needle on an L.C.D. pointing to the figure on an engraved circular ring.
The acupuncturist places a needle on an acupoint, and makes "holding hand" to fix the entire needle assembly with the non-dominant hand; then with the index finger of the dominant hand, he/she taps the upper end of the needle handle protruding from the top of the extra guide tube to penetrate the skin or the lower stuff in skin-touch and no-touch placebo needles (tapping-in method) [ 29].
"Once the rope broke and I sat with a needle on the roof top stitching a new length to the old one.
Mr. Li said that someone had tried to attack a woman with a needle on Wednesday and was detained by the police, according to Xinhua.
Often d.j.s will drop a needle on "The Bottle" at a climactic moment in a party, driving the crowd wild, and even while dancing along I've been struck by the irony of half-drunk people raving it up to what is a essentially a biting sermon about the ravages of alcohol.
