| 词汇 | scarcer than hen-s teeth |
| 词源 | scarcer than hen’s teeth. Nothing is scarcer because not even Ripley has found a hen with even a single tooth. The Ameri- canism, which also means nonexistent, probably goes back to Colonial days, though it was first recorded in 1862. |
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