SCARCE AS HEN'S TEETH

Meaning of SCARCE AS HEN'S TEETH in English

not many of them, few or none

Rural doctors are scarce as hen's teeth. Doctors like the city life.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

SCARCE AS HEN'S TEETH — not many of them, few or none Rural doctors are scarce as hen's teeth. Doctors like the city life.
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCARCE — I. ˈske](ə)rs, ˈska(a)], ]əs, dial ˈski] or ˈskərs or ˈskə̄s or ˈskās adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English scars, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AS — I. əz, (ˈ)az adverb Etymology: Middle English as, alse, alswa, adverb & conjunction, from Old English alswā, ealswā, ælswā just …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEN — ˈhen noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English henn; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TEETH — (v. i.) To breed, or grow, teeth.
Английский словарь Webster
HEN — (n.) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the …
Английский словарь Webster
TEETH — ( v. i. ) To breed, or grow, teeth.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HEN — ( n. ) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TEETH — — teethless , adj. /teeth/ , n. pl. of tooth .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARCE — — scarceness , n. /skairs/ , adj., scarcer, scarcest , adv. adj. 1. insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AS — as 1 /az/ ; unstressed /euhz/ , adv. 1. to the same degree, amount, or extent; similarly; equally: I don't …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TEETH — v. grow teeth (about an infant or child)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TEETH — dentition, characteristic arrangement of teeth in human or animal; real power, real strength and effectiveness
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SCARCE — I. ˈskers adjective ( scarc·er ; scarc·est ) Etymology: Middle English scars, from Anglo-French eschars, escars narrow, stingy, deficient, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TEETH — noun ·pl of tooth. 2. teeth ·vi to breed, or grow, teeth. 3. teeth ·pl of tooth.
Webster English vocab
SCARCE — superl sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy. 2. scarce ·adv ·alt. of scarcely. 3. scarce ·superl scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); …
Webster English vocab
HEN — noun the female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the …
Webster English vocab
TEETH — [teeth] pl of tooth
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCARCE — [scarce] adj scarc.er ; scarc.est [ME scars, fr. ONF escars, fr. (assumed) VL excarpsus, lit., plucked out, pp. of L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HEN — [hen] n [ME, fr. OE henn; akin to OE hana rooster--more at chant] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a female chicken …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TEETH — teeth BrE AmE tiːθ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SCARCE — scarce BrE AmE skeəs AmE ske ə rs skæ ə rs ▷ scarcer ˈskeəs ə AmE ˈske ə rs ə …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HEN — hen BrE AmE hen ▷ hens henz ▶ ˈ hen house BrE AmE ▶ ˈ hen ˌ party BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SCARCE — / skeəs; NAmE skers/ adjective , adverb ■ adjective ( scar·cer , scar·cest ) if sth is scarce , there …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AS — / əz; NAmE ; strong form æz/ preposition , adverb , conjunction ■ preposition 1. used to describe sb/sth appearing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEETH — teeth /tiːθ/ BrE AmE the plural of ↑ tooth
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCARCE — I. scarce 1 /skeəs $ skers/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative scarcer , superlative scarcest ) [ Date: 1200-1300 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEN — hen /hen/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: henn ] 1 . an adult female chicken …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AS — I. as 1 S1 W1 /əz; strong æz/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eallswa …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCARCE — adj. & adv. --adj. 1 (usu. predic.) (esp. of food, money, etc.) insufficient for the demand; scanty. 2 hard to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
AS — adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCARCE — adj. & adv. adj. 1 (usu. predic.) (esp. of food, money, etc.) insufficient for the demand; scanty. 2 hard to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEN
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AS — adv., conj., & pron. adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCARCE — adj. & adv. --adj. 1. (usu. predic.) (esp. of food, money, etc.) insufficient for the demand; scanty. 2 hard to …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
AS — 1. adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or …
Oxford English vocab
AS — I. CONJUNCTION AND PREPOSITION USES /əz, STRONG æz/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEETH — Teeth is the plural of tooth .
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCARCE — ( scarcer, scarcest) 1. If something is scarce , there is not enough of it. Food was scarce and expensive... …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEN — ( hens) 1. A hen is a female chicken. People often keep hens in order to eat them or sell …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEETH — Teeth is the plural of tooth .
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TEETH — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES armed to the teeth (= carrying a lot of weapons ) ▪ Many of the gangs …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCARCE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a rare/scarce commodity ▪ Soap was a scarce commodity during the war. limited/scarce resources …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hen house hen party mother cat/bird/hen etc (= an animal that is a mother ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TEETH — (AGAINST) [plural] [noun] - in the teeth of against, because of, or despiteThe plan collapsed/survived in the teeth of fierce …
Cambridge English vocab
SCARCE — [adjective] -r, -st - not easy to find or obtainFirewood is scarce in many parts of the world.Scarce resources should …
Cambridge English vocab
HEN — [noun] [C] - an adult female chicken which is often kept for its eggs, or the female of any birdShe …
Cambridge English vocab
TEETH
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HEN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HEN — See: MAD AS A HORNET or MAD AS HOPS or MAD AS A WET HEN.
Slang English vocab
SCARCE — To make one's self scarce; to steal away.
Slang English vocab
HEN
Slang English vocab
SCARCE
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SCARCE
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCARCE — adj. VERBS ▪ be , seem ▪ become , get , grow ▪ Medical supplies were growing ~. ▪ remain …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HEN — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ battery , free-range ( esp. BrE ) ▪ mother ▪ She fussed around like a mother ~. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TEETH — • ↑ brush your teeth • ↑ by the skin of your teeth • ↑ grit your teeth • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
HEN — See: MAD AS A HORNET or MAD AS HOPS or MAD AS A WET HEN.
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