precious few

Idioms and Phrases

Also, precious little . Very few, very little, as in There are precious few leaves left on the trees , or We have precious little fuel left . In these idioms precious serves as an intensive, a colloquial usage dating from the first half of the 1800s.

Example Sentences

From a lyrical standpoint, there are precious few that can catch Kendrick.

From The Daily Beast

There are precious few large-scale, ambitious, original works.

From The Daily Beast

He fashioned BOB, the demon spirit who lived in the Black Lodge, but such an explanation satisfied precious few of us.

From The Daily Beast

A precious few mature into serious actors, sustaining careers into adulthood.

From The Daily Beast

There are precious few movies or TV series that you can call good adaptations of books.

From The Daily Beast

Business men and some professional are the only ones that forge steadily ahead; with precious few exceptions.

From Project Gutenberg

He would not like his guests to feel bored at losing one of their precious few-and-far-between holidays.

From Project Gutenberg

Yes; I rather flatter myself there are precious few of my Contemporaries who care about my Work!

From Project Gutenberg

And as for leasing—leasing land they virtually own—no, there's precious few are doing that, thank God!

From Project Gutenberg

Precious few new boarders come, and a good many of the old ones quit.

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