LL11a

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