| 词汇 | every nook and cranny |
| 释义 | Idiom every nook and cranny every part of a place.Law books were stuffed into every nook and cranny of his office. every (old) nook and crannyEvery part or section of a given place, especially those that are hard to see or reach. Every nook or cranny of this house needs to be clean when Grandma comes to visit. There are so many books in the library that you can find all sorts of interesting things in every old nook or cranny there. every nook and crannyFig. every small, out-of-the-way place or places where something can be hidden. We looked for the tickets in every nook and cranny. They were lost. There was no doubt. The decorator had placed flowers in every nook and cranny. every nook and crannyevery part or aspect of something.(in) every ˌnook and ˈcranny(informal) everywhere; (in) all parts of a place: I’ve looked in every nook and cranny but I can’t find it.She knows every nook and cranny of the city, so she’s the perfect guide.A nook is a small hidden place and a cranny is a small hole. Both are old-fashioned words. nook and cranny, everyEvery place, all over. This expression combines nook, which has meant an out-of-the-way corner since the fourteenth century, and cranny, meaning a crack or crevice since the fifteenth century. Frederick Marryat used it in Japhet in Search of a Father (1836): “After examining every nook and cranny they could think of.” |
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