up one side and down the other
up one side and down the other
To an extreme, severe, or thorough degree. The police grilled me up one side and down the other about my involvement in the incident. I've scoured this city up one side and down the other looking for an apartment I can afford.
See also: and, down, one, other, side, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
up one side and down the other
Rur. thoroughly. She scolded him up one side and down the other. They shopped the whole downtown up one side and down the other.
See also: and, down, one, other, side, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- follow the golden mean
- extreme
- silly in the extreme
- boring in the extreme
- road rage
- the third degree
- third degree
- 3rd
- boring, silly, etc. in the extreme
- desperate diseases must have desperate remedies