Which Is Few and Far Between?

Things that are few and far between are very rare or do not happen very often.

How do you use few and far in a sentence?

(1) Jobs are few and far between at the moment. (2) In this economic climate new ideas were few and far between. (3) The sunny intervals we were promised have been few and far between. (4) People who work as hard as you are few and far between!

What is the meaning of the phrase few and far between?

At wide intervals, scarce, as in Supporters of the amendment are few and far between. This expression originally was used very literally for physical objects such as houses appearing at widely separated intervals. Today it is also used more loosely. [ Mid-1600s]

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