Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “few and far between“ and its meaning is “rare, infrequent, occasional, sporadic; scarce, meagre, scanty, insufficient”.
Example Sentence: Independent public opinion surveys in China, particularly those that shed light on how the Chinese public views the world, are few and far between… In China, surveying the views of the public can be a sensitive task,…Clearly, the survey responses closely mirrored China’s diplomatic priorities. There are two important caveats here. For one, respondents may have been reluctant to publicly acknowledge affinity for a country that is in the crosshairs of Chinese state media. Secondly, these perceptions are not ossified.
This word is present in The Hindu article Praise for Russia, distrust of the Quad: How China’s public views the world and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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