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be at a premium
idiom
C2
to be not common and therefore valuable: 奇缺，非常稀罕
Free time is at a premium for working parents.对于上班的父母来说，空余时间非常宝贵。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Scarce, inadequate and not enough
be thin on the groundidiom
chronic shortage
dearth
dearth of something
deficiency
gold dust
lack
lacking
like gold dustidiom
long on something and short on somethingidiom
lousy
meagre
scarcity
scrubby
shortage
shortfall
shortness
shy
skinny
thin
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