| 词组 | everywhere |
| 释义 | IDIOMSLANG EVERYWHERE all around Robin Hood's barn going somewhere not by a direct route; going way out of the way [to get somewhere]; by a long and circuitous route.We had to go all around Robin Hood's barn to get to the little town.She walked all around Robin Hood's barn looking for a shop that sold Finnish glassware. all over everywhere.Oh, I just itch all over.She's spreading the rumor all over. all over the earth and all over the world everywhere.Grass grows all over the earth.It's the same way all over the world. all over the place everywhere; in all parts of a particular location.Tom, stop leaving your dirty clothes all over the place.We keep finding this kind of problem all over the place. all over town everywhere in town.Our dog got loose and ran all over town.Jane looked all over town for a dress to wear to the party. at every turn everywhere; everywhere one looks.There is a new problem at every turn.Life holds new adventures at every turn. from pillar to post from one place to a series of other places; (figuratively) from person to person, as with gossip.My father was in the army, and we moved from pillar to post year after year.After I told one person my secret, it went quickly from pillar to post. here, there, and everywhere everywhere; at all points.Fred searched here, there, and everywhere, frantically looking for the lost check.She did not rest until she had been here, there, and everywhere, shopping for just the right gift. in the air everywhere; all about.There is such a feeling of joy in the air.We felt a sense of tension in the air. right and left and left and right to both sides; on all sides; everywhere. (Reversible.)I dropped the tennis balls, and they rolled right and left.There were children everywhere—running right and left. here, there, and everywhereAll over; in every place. After our weekend at the beach, there's sand here, there, and everywhere. We're been here, there, and everywhere looking for the cat, but no luck yet. here, there, and everywhereFig. everywhere; at all points. Fred searched here, there, and everywhere, frantically looking for the lost check. She did not rest until she had been here, there, and everywhere, shopping for just the right gift. here, there, and everywhereIn every possible place. For example, Flags hung here, there, and everywhere, making it a colorful occasion. [Late 1500s] flattery will get you ˈeverywhere/ˈnowhere(spoken, humorous) praise that is not sincere will/will not get you what you want: Just remember — flattery will get you nowhere. There’s no point in trying to be nice to me so that I’ll give you what you want.ˌhere, there, and ˈeverywherein, to, or from many different places: The letters came from here, there, and everywhere.We searched here, there, and everywhere, but couldn’t find the document they wanted.here, there, and everywhereAll over the place. This expression began in the thirteenth century as here and there, which we still use to describe something that is present but in no specific location. Christopher Marlowe appears to have been the first to use the longer form, in Doctor Faustus (ca. 1588): “If you turne me into any thing, let it be in the likelinesse of a little pretie frisking flea, that I may be here and there and euery where.” See also hither and thither. |
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