rare thing

Synonyms

gold dust rare bird rara avis

Examples

It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent. Joseph Roux

What makes a painting fascinating is its sincerity. Sincerity is such a rare thing. Most people don't dare to be sincere. Bram van Velde

In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury. Alex Ferguson

North Eurasia is one of the best examples of religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence of Islam and Christianity. This is a rare thing in today's world, even in its most liberal parts. Nursultan Nazarbayev

And I was lucky enough to have teachers that really, really looked out for me and really encouraged all that. And in rural Louisiana, that was a rare thing back then. William Joyce

It's a rare thing when you read a role and have this immediate ownership over it, you have this take and this connection, and it's not even that you feel that you're gonna do a good job, it's that you feel like you've found it. It fits, it's natural; it's like putting on a good shoe or something. Fran Kranz

Words in the phrase

rare thing

Close letter words and terms

rare rocks rare spring-sedge rare stones rare-earth element rare-ripe rare-roasted