| 词组 | every which way |
| 释义 | Idiom every which way Theme: DIRECTION in all directions. (Folksy.)The children were all running every which way.The wind scattered the leaves every which way. Idiom every which way American & Australian, informal in many different directions.The documents lay scattered every which way on his desk. every which way adverb in every manner or direction US, 1824every which wayIn every direction. With roads going every which way, I never know where to turn at that intersection. Juice flew every which way when I dropped the glass bottle on the floor. every which wayIn all directions, as in Papers were blowing every which way. [Colloquial; mid-1800s] every which wayin all directions; in a disorderly fashion. North American informalevery ˈwhich way(informal) in all directions: Her hair tumbled every which way.every which wayInformal1. In every direction. 2. In complete disorder. every which wayIn all directions, as in “The wind scattered the newspapers every which way.” An Americanism dating from the 1920s or earlier, it sometimes was put as “every which a ways.” Mark Twain used it in Roughing It (1872): “He . . . wound on rope all over and about it and under it every which way.” |
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