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The commonest idiom for rare objects is needle in a haystack.

Red cars, for the man, were like needles in a haystack.

This means the man found red cars very difficult to spot.

There are several related idioms for things that are hard to chance upon. A couple of them (also mentioned here):

  • scarce as hen's teeth
  • black cat in a coal cellar
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