In short supply—hard to get: “Good men are ________ these days.”
| SCARCE | 505 |
| HARD TO FIND | 364 |
| HARD TO COME BY | 103 |
| HARD TO GET | 47 |
| SCARCE AS HENS’ TEETH | 44 |
| FEW AND FAR BETWEEN | 34 |
| RARE | 28 |
| AT A PREMIUM | 14 |
| SCARCER THAN HENS’ TEETH | 10 |
| NR | 7 |
| FEW | 6 |
| IN DEMAND | 6 |
| SCURSE | 6 |
| IN SHORT SUPPLY | 4 |
| AWFUL SCARCE | 3 |
| LIKE HEN’S TEETH | 3 |
| SCANT | 3 |
| NOT AVAILABLE | 2 |
| SHORT | 2 |
| A LOST RACE | 1 |
| AT A VALUE | 1 |
| DAMN SCARCE | 1 |
| DIFFICULT TO GET | 1 |
| FAR AND FEW BETWEEN | 1 |
| HARD AS THE DEUCE TO GET | 1 |
| HARD COME BY | 1 |
| HARD PUT | 1 |
| HARD TO COME ACROSS | 1 |
| HARD TO GIT | 1 |
| HARD TO GIT AHOLD OF | 1 |
| IMPOSSIBLE TO GET | 1 |
| IN GOOD DEMAND | 1 |
| IN GREAT DEMAND | 1 |
| IN POOR SUPPLY | 1 |
| KIND OF SCARCE | 1 |
| LONG GONE | 1 |
| LUCKY TO FIND | 1 |
| MIGHTY SCARCE | 1 |
| MINUS QUANTITY | 1 |
| NEEDED | 1 |
| NOT ABUNDANT | 1 |
| NOT AROUND | 1 |
| NOT EASY TO COME BY | 1 |
| NOT EASY TO FIND | 1 |
| NOT PLENTIFUL | 1 |
| ONE IN A DOZEN | 1 |
| OUT OF CIRCULATION | 1 |
| RARE AS HUMMINGBIRDS | 1 |
| ROUGH TO GET | 1 |
| SCARCE ARTICLE | 1 |
| SCURCE AND HIGH | 1 |
| TOO FEW | 1 |
| TOUGH TO GET | 1 |
| UNAVAILABLE | 1 |
| VERY SCARCE | 1 |
| VERY SHORT | 1 |
| YOU’D HAVE TO SHAKE A WOODS TO SCARE UP A GOOD MAN | 1 |
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