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Idiom

all over hell's half acre

Meaning

All over the place; everywhere.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I searched all over hell's half acre for my lost keys.”

“The stray dog ran all over hell's half acre before we finally caught him near the park.”

“The weary traveler had wandered all over hell's half acre in search of a village, only to find himself back where he started.”

Examples

simple

“I searched all over hell's half acre for my lost keys.”

contextual

“The stray dog ran all over hell's half acre before we finally caught him near the park.”

complex

“The weary traveler had wandered all over hell's half acre in search of a village, only to find himself back where he started.”

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