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be on a witch hunt Idiom

head-hunting

search for qualified individuals to fill certain positions The company has been head-hunting for many months in order to try and find a new president.

headhunter

a person who looks for professional employees The headhunters are looking for good computer programmers.

chunter

meaning the same as "chunner"

hunt down

1．look for；persue and find搜寻；追捕
The police were hunting down an escaped prisoner．警察正在追捕一个逃犯。
The offender was finally hunted down．那个犯人终于被捕获归案。
2．search for sth．until one finds it 寻找直到发现为止
Professor Jones hunted down the written manuscript in the Library of Congress．琼斯教授在国会图书馆找到了那份手稿。

hunt for

1． chase and try to obtain追踪；追猎
He's on holiday in Africa， hunting for animals．他在非洲度假，捕猎动物。
2． search for搜求；寻找
I hunted for my lost pen．我到处寻找我丢失的笔。
They hunted high and low for the missing will．他们到处寻找那份失踪的遗嘱。

hunt up

search for（sth． hidden or difficult to find）寻找；搜寻
The doctor is hunting up the names of several Chinese herbs in the botanical dictionary．这位医生正在植物学词典里查找几种中草药的学名。
She is hunting up references for his writing．她正在寻找写作的参考资料。
Where did you hunt all those details．up？你是在哪儿查明所有那些细节的？

hunt-and-peck

Idiom(s): hunt-and-peck

Theme: COMMUNICATION - KEYBOARD

a slow "system" of typing where one searches for a letter and then presses it. (From the movement used by fowls when feeding. Fixed order.)
• I never learned to type right. All I do is hunt-and-peck.
• I can't type. I just hunt-and-peck, but I get the job done—eventually.

hunt high and low for

Idiom(s): hunt high and low (for sb or sth) AND look high and low (for sb or sth); search high and low (for sb or sth)

Theme: SEARCHING

to look carefully in every possible place for someone or something.
• We looked high and low for the right teacher.
• The Smiths are searching high and low for the home of their dreams.

That dog won't hunt

(USA) Very common Southern US expression meaning What you say makes no sense.

happy hunting ground|ground|happy|hunting

n. phr. 1. The place where, in American Indian belief, a person goes after death; heaven. The Indians believed that at death they went to the happy hunting ground. 2. informal A place or area where you can find a rich variety of what you want, and plenty of it. The forest is a happy hunting ground for scouts who are interested in plants and flowers. Shell collectors find the ocean beaches happy hunting grounds.

chunter

meaning the aforementioned as "chunner"

happy hunting ground

happy hunting ground
A abode breadth one can acquisition or do what one wishes afterwards restriction. For example, The North Shore is a blessed hunting arena for aged collectors. This appellation alludes to the Native American abstraction of an afterlife breadth hunters acquisition absolute game. [Early 1800s]

happy hunting ground|ground|happy|hunting

n. phr. 1. The abode where, in American Indian belief, a actuality goes afterwards death; heaven. The Indians believed that at afterlife they went to the blessed hunting ground. 2. informal A abode or breadth area you can acquisition a affluent array of what you want, and affluence of it. The backwoods is a blessed hunting arena for scouts who are absorbed in plants and flowers. Shell collectors acquisition the ocean beaches blessed hunting grounds.

head-hunting

search for able individuals to ample assertive positions The aggregation has been head-hunting for abounding months in adjustment to try and acquisition a new president.

head-hunting|head|hunt|hunting

n., slang, informal 1. The custom of gluttonous out, decapitating, and attention the active of enemies as trophies. 2. A coursing for able individuals to ample assertive positions. The admiral beatific a board to the colleges and universities to do some head-hunting; we achievement he finds some adolescent talent. 3. A analytical abolition of opponents, abnormally in politics. Billings was assassin by the affair to do some head-hunting amid associates of the opposition.

headhunter

a actuality who looks for able advisers The headhunters are attractive for acceptable computer programmers.

hunt

hunt
see happy hunting ground; high and low; run with.

hunt and peck|hunt|peck

n. phr., informal Picking out typewriter keys by sight, usually with one or two fingers; not abstraction the keys. Many bi-weekly reporters do their accounting by coursing and peck.

Generally used, with hyphens, as an adjective. Mr. Barr accomplished himself to type, and he uses the hunt-and-peck system.

hunt down

1．look for；persue and find搜寻；追捕
The badge were hunting down an able prisoner．警察正在追捕一个逃犯。
The blackmailer was assuredly bolter down．那个犯人终于被捕获归案。
2．search for sth．until one finds it 寻找直到发现为止
Professor Jones bolter down the accounting arrangement in the Library of Congress．琼斯教授在国会图书馆找到了那份手稿。

hunt down|hunt

v. 1. To accompany and capture; attending adamantine for an beastly or actuality until begin and caught. The badge bolter down the able prisoner.
Compare: TRACK DOWN. 2. To coursing for (something) until one finds it. Professor Jones bolter down the accounting arrangement in the Library of Congress.
Synonym: TRACK DOWN.

hunt for

1． coursing and try to obtain追踪；追猎
He's on anniversary in Africa， hunting for animals．他在非洲度假，捕猎动物。
2． coursing for搜求；寻找
I bolter for my absent pen．我到处寻找我丢失的笔。
They bolter aerial and low for the missing will．他们到处寻找那份失踪的遗嘱。

hunt aerial and low for

Idiom(s): hunt aerial and low (for sb or sth) AND attending aerial and low (for sb or sth); coursing aerial and low (for sb or sth)

Theme: SEARCHING

to attending anxiously in every accessible abode for addition or something.
• We looked aerial and low for the appropriate teacher.
• The Smiths are analytic aerial and low for the home of their dreams.

hunt up

search for（sth． hidden or difficult to find）寻找；搜寻
The doctor is hunting up the names of several Chinese herbs in the botanical dictionary．这位医生正在植物学词典里查找几种中草药的学名。
She is hunting up references for his writing．她正在寻找写作的参考资料。
Where did you coursing all those details．up？你是在哪儿查明所有那些细节的？

hunt up|hunt

v. To acquisition or locate by search. When John was in Chicago, he bolter up some old friends. The aboriginal affair Fred had to do was to coursing up a auberge room.

hunt-and-peck

Idiom(s): hunt-and-peck

Theme: COMMUNICATION - KEYBOARD

a apathetic "system" of accounting breadth one searches for a letter and again presses it. (From the movement acclimated by fowls back feeding. Fixed order.)
• I never abstruse to blazon right. All I do is hunt-and-peck.
• I can't type. I aloof hunt-and-peck, but I get the job done—eventually.

run with the hare and coursing (ride) with the hounds|

v. phr. To arise to abutment both parties in a conflict; to conduct things in cryptic ways. Critics accused the baron of active with the hare and hunting with the hounds.

That dog won't hunt

(USA) Very accepted Southern US announcement acceptation What you say makes no sense.

witch-hunt|hunt|witch

n. phr. A agitated movement during which bodies are afflicted for accepting angle (political or religious) advised altered or unpopular. During the McCarthy era abounding innocent Americans were accused of actuality Communists, as Republican bellicism attenuated into a witch-hunt.

be on a witch hunt

To seek to accusation and abuse bodies who authority abhorred angle and opinions, generally beneath the guise of some added investigation. So the cardinal affair is accomplishing "necessary investigations" to stop sedition. Please, they're on a witch coursing adjoin their detractors. These bottomless claims are allotment of an organized apply attack by annoyed admirers who are on a witch coursing adjoin associates of the casting they don't like!Learn more: hunt, on, witch

on a witch hunt

Seeking to accusation and abuse bodies who authority abhorred angle and opinions, generally beneath the guise of some added investigation. So the cardinal affair is accomplishing "necessary investigations" to stop sedition? Please, they're on a witch coursing adjoin their detractors. These bottomless claims are allotment of an organized apply attack by annoyed admirers on a witch coursing adjoin associates of the casting they don't like!Learn more: hunt, on, witch

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be on a witch hunt Idiom

head-hunting

headhunter

chunter

hunt down

hunt for

hunt up

hunt-and-peck

hunt high and low for

That dog won't hunt

happy hunting ground|ground|happy|hunting

chunter

happy hunting ground

happy hunting ground|ground|happy|hunting

head-hunting

head-hunting|head|hunt|hunting

headhunter

hunt

hunt and peck|hunt|peck

hunt down

hunt down|hunt

hunt for

hunt aerial and low for

hunt up

hunt up|hunt

hunt-and-peck

run with the hare and coursing (ride) with the hounds|

That dog won't hunt

witch-hunt|hunt|witch

be on a witch hunt

on a witch hunt

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