Few and far between means that something is rare and does not happen or appear very often. This idiom describes things that are scattered or uncommon.
The phrase has been used in English since the 1600s. It combines two ideas, being few in number and far apart in distance, to emphasize how uncommon something is.
The phrase has been used in English since the 1600s. It combines two ideas, being few in number and far apart in distance, to emphasize how uncommon something is.
Good parking spots were few and far between on the busy street.