slim pickings

Noun

 * 1)  A small amount, especially of money; paucity.
 * 2) * 2008, Mike Wise, The Washington Post, "Redskins Looked Below the Radar," February 10, 2008, :
 * But in a year of slim pickings in the super-coach business -- Cowher and Carroll preferred to wait another day -- there was not much left to choose from.
 * 1) * 2008, Mike Wise, The Washington Post, "Redskins Looked Below the Radar," February 10, 2008, :
 * But in a year of slim pickings in the super-coach business -- Cowher and Carroll preferred to wait another day -- there was not much left to choose from.