单词 | all over the place |
释义 | > as lemmasall over the place e. colloquial. all over the place: everywhere, in every direction; throughout an area, in any or every part of an area; widely scattered; (hence figurative) disordered, irregular, in disarray, in a state of chaos. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > in confusion or disorder [phrase] out of (also from, off) (one's) bias1590 all over the place1719 all over the shop1866 all over the show1888 in a clutter1890 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 92 The Savages, like wild Beasts, spread themselves all over the Place, rummaging every Way, and every Place they could think of. 1807 C. I. M. Dibdin Mirth & Metre 77 I suppose there's no doctor all over the place. 1864 A. J. Munby Diary 15 July in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 199 Why Sir, these unfortunates are all over the place: the ground (he added with a gesture of disgust) is lousy with them. 1883 A. E. T. Watson Racecourse & Covert Side 291 Don't let his head go too loose, or else he'll slummock all over the place. 1890 W. Besant Demoniac i. 18 Even that is better than to have your shame proclaimed all over the place. 1898 E. G. Dyson Rhymes from Mines 28 They made for the face, But the roof had come down fifty yards in, and the reef was all over the place. 1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 227 All over the place,..en pagaye. 1933 A. E. Housman Let. 13 July (1971) 337 The Doctor sent me into a nursing home for a week because he said my heart was all over the place. 1953 R. Lehmann Echoing Grove 16 In her youth it [sc. her hair] had spilled out all over the place, brilliant but not warm. 1971 M. McCarthy Birds of Amer. 269 You seem unfocussed... All over the place. No clear line of direction. 1979 G. Liddy Out of Control iii. 37 He's seen all over the place with a succession of young, rather vacant little knockouts. 2001 Daily Tel. 21 Mar. 27/7 Her accent's all over the place, from her native Rochdale to deepest Estuary with a bit of fake posh lightly sprayed on the top. < as lemmas |
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