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be thin on the ground idiomUK to exist only in small numbers or amounts: 少有,不多见 Traditional bookshops are thin on the ground these days.现在传统的书店不多了。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Scarce, inadequate and not enough be at a premiumidiom chronic shortage dearth dearth of something deficiency gold dust lack lacking like gold dustidiom long on something and short on somethingidiom lousy meagre scarcity scrubby shortage shortfall shortness shy skinny thin
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