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n. (context idiomatic English) (alternative form of hen's teeth English)
Usage examples of "hens' teeth".
The number of barbarian warlords who can understand the difference between a defeat and a partial victorywhich is all he can hope for noware as rare as hens' teeth.
With the exception of serial killers who, fortunately, were rare as hens' teeth, unlike raging wildfires or rising flood waters, most murderers weren't an immediate danger to citizens.
The most likely outcome was failure, for such promotions were as scarce as hens' teeth, but a few men did make the leap and their success inevitably led to unhappiness.
It was a bright sunny morning with not a cloud in the sky, something which might lighten the spirits of an Englishman but doesn't do a damn thing for a South African because most mornings are bright and sunny and clouds in winter are as rare as hens' teeth.
Rides were scarce's hens' teeth but finally I got me some rides and ended up in Purchase, New York.
Anyway, I'm delighted you're here handsome young men like you are as rare as hens' teeth these days, my love.