like hen's teeth

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

Moves like that are rare as hen's teeth but it's nice that they do happen.

But when you look for radical innovation in editorial products and business models, well, that's rare as hen's teeth.

"That's as rare as hen's teeth".

It's about as rare as hen's teeth.

All of those things didn't require any support or assistance from OASH except to release funds for meetings, which was like pulling hen's teeth.

With electronics brick and mortar stores as rare as hen's teeth, are outdoor emporiums like Cabela's and REI as endangered as the big cats and other alpine fauna sought by their very customers?

Square's "ultimate single-player RPG" is slowly approaching release, and footage, once rare as hen's teeth, is now starting to flow like a river.

And so, on a running gag the bewilderment of the elevator operator who shuttles them from one's apartment to the other's is strung a lot of comic confusion which is settled cutely in the end.Good stories must be scarcer than hen's teeth, if Universal has to pick up one like this to display the manifest talents of two such personable stars.

"That's the direction but the real-life examples are as rare as hen's teeth," said Cox.

"They're as scarce as hen's teeth".

"They're as rare as hen's teeth," he said.