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It is an idiom that refers to a limited number of options. Example sentence: "With only a few job openings in our area, the pickings were slim."
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slim pickings
noun
A small amount, paucity; especially in reference to money.
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Even so, slim pickings.
It is slim pickings.
It was slim pickings".
"It's really slim pickings.
Slim pickings, I know.
Still, these are slim pickings.
It will be pretty slim pickings".
But it's slim pickings all the same.
It was slim pickings at the QB spot in 2009.
"It was really slim pickings," Ms. Glickman said.
"It's an oily basin, not slim pickings like Oklahoma".
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