词汇 | up hill and down dale |
释义 | Idiom up hill and down dale literary if you travel up hill and down dale, you travel all over an area.The man carried his basket of goods up hill and down dale. up hill and down daleAll over the area; far and wide. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. I had to go up hill and down dale to find an open shop, but finally I found a tiny corner market in the hamlet. up hill and down daleall over the place. 2001 Observer Why get ourselves bogged down with trials which may last many months and see our staff cross-examined up hill and down dale as defence counsel play the game of hunt the informant? up ˌhill and down ˈdaleto or from many places; everywhere: They cycled up hill and down dale, glad to be away from the city.A dale is a valley. |
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