英语习语：

few and far between 不多；少而分散的；不常碰到或发现的；稀少的

——Steve is really a terrific guy. (Steve真是不简单。)
——He sure is. Ones like him are few and far between. (当然。像他那样的人可不多见。)

双语例句：
If you wait for inspiration to slap you in the face, your work sessions will be few and far between.
如果你等着灵感在你的脸上扇一巴掌，你的工作进展将稀少而漫长。

Settlements, like this twinkling village built between the mountains and the sea, are few and far between in Patagonia.
在巴塔哥尼亚山脉和大海之间建造的定居点（如这个闪亮的村庄）稀少而且彼此相距遥远。

The internationalist pretensions of Hagi's most famous son notwithstanding, the foreigners living there these days are few and far between.
尽管这位萩城这位最著名的儿子享有着国际主义者的称号，目前居住在此的外国人却很稀少。

The people who were genuinely and unconditionally happy for me to succeed were few and far between.
那些真心并且无条件的为我的成功感到快乐的人很稀少。

That is because capital expenditure was neglected during the lean decades and world- class mines are few and far between.
这是因为在年景不好的几十年里，忽视了资本支出，并且世界级的矿场十分稀少。