Georgia
all over creation
Everywhere; over a great distance or area; all over the place. Primarily heard in US. I've been looking all over creation trying to find you! Janet: "You guys are two hours late! Where were you?" George: "Lenny here thought he'd take a shortcut, and we ended up driving all over creation!"
See also: all, creation, over
all over Hell and half of Georgia
Everywhere; over a great distance or area; all over the place. Primarily heard in US. I've been looking all over Hell and half of Georgia trying to find you! Janet: "You guys are two hours late! Where were you?" George: "Lenny here thought he'd take a shortcut, and we ended up driving all over Hell and half of Georgia!"
See also: all, and, Georgia, half, hell, of, over
Hell and half of Georgia
A great distance or area; a huge amount of space. Primarily heard in US. I've been looking across Hell and half of Georgia trying to find you! Janet: "You guys are two hours late! Where were you?" George: "Lenny here thought he'd take a shortcut, and we ended up driving through Hell and half of Georgia!"
See also: and, Georgia, half, hell, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
all over creation
and all over hell and half of Georgia; all over hell and gone; to hell and goneRur. everywhere. Little Billy had his toys spread out all over creation. It took forever to clean up after him. They're looking all over creation, trying to find the missing man. Tom has traveled all over hell and half of Georgia trying to find the man who done him wrong.
See also: all, creation, over
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
all over creation
Everywhere. This homespun cliché uses creation in the sense of everything in the world that, by implication, God created.
See also: all, creation, over
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- creation
- all over creation
- all over hell and gone
- Hell and half of Georgia
- jack it in
- that will do
- crack onto (someone or something)
- How about that!
- how about that, then
- how about that?