Finding those cells is like searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack.

"Pretty much like hunting the proverbial needle in the haystack, isn't it, chief?"

Seems to me it'll be like hunting for the proverbial needle in a haystack, only more so!

You're talking the proverbial needle in a haystack, you know.

Two hours in which to find the proverbial needle in a haystack.

"The proverbial needle just gives itself up by comparison."

Even with the dogs, Victor decided, it was like looking for the proverbial needle in the haystack.

It would be like looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.

Without it, we're just looking for that proverbial needle in a haystack.

What they were doing was looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.