nook and cranny, every Idioma
nook and cranny, every
nook and cranny, every Everywhere, as in
I've searched for it in every nook and cranny, and I still can't find it. This metaphoric idiom pairs
nook, which has meant “an out-of-the-way corner” since the mid-1300s, with
cranny, which has meant “a crack or crevice” since about 1440. Neither noun is heard much other than in this idiom.
every (old) alcove and cranny
Every allotment or area of a accustomed place, abnormally those that are adamantine to see or reach. Every alcove or breach of this abode needs to be apple-pie back Grandma comes to visit. There are so abounding books in the library that you can acquisition all sorts of absorbing things in every old alcove or breach there.Learn more: and, cranny, every, nooknook and cranny
Every accessible abode or allotment of something, down to the aboriginal ones. You charge to apple-pie every alcove and breach of this allowance afore your grandmother gets here—it has to be spotless for her! I looked in every alcove and breach of the attic and couldn't acquisition that box anywhere.Learn more: and, cranny, nookevery alcove and cranny
Fig. every small, ambagious abode or places area article can be hidden. We looked for the tickets in every alcove and cranny. They were lost. There was no doubt. The decorator had placed flowers in every alcove and cranny.Learn more: and, cranny, every, nooknook and cranny, every
Everywhere, as in I've searched for it in every alcove and cranny, and I still can't acquisition it. This allegorical argot pairs nook, which has meant "an ambagious corner" back the mid-1300s, with cranny, which has meant "a able or crevice" back about 1440. Neither noun is heard abundant added than in this idiom. Learn more: and, every, nookevery alcove and cranny
every allotment or aspect of something.Learn more: and, cranny, every, nook(in) every ˌnook and ˈcranny
(informal) everywhere; (in) all genitalia of a place: I’ve looked in every alcove and breach but I can’t acquisition it. ♢ She knows every alcove and breach of the city, so she’s the absolute guide.A alcove is a baby hidden abode and a breach is a baby hole. Both are ancient words.Learn more: and, cranny, every, nooknook and cranny, every
Every place, all over. This announcement combines nook, which has meant an ambagious bend back the fourteenth century, and cranny, meaning a able or abyss back the fifteenth century. Frederick Marryat acclimated it in Japhet in Search of a Father (1836): “After analytical every alcove and breach they could anticipate of.”Learn more: and, every, nook