slim pickings

And the rest of the field is pretty slim pickings, Jeb included.

Tea Partiers looking for a third-party candidate to cast a protest vote are left with slim pickings.

AlbuquerqueThis sleepy southwestern town has Native American folklore and petroglyphs, but slim pickings for social life.

I figured, though, that when I had passed beyond the zone of this gracious hospitality there would be slim pickings.