up hill and down dale

idiom

Meaning

Here and there; everywhere.

Examples

SIMPLE

I searched up hill and down dale for my lost keys.

CONTEXTUAL

The police searched up hill and down dale for the missing hiker before finding him in a cave.

COMPLEX

Driven by a desperate need for answers, the detective traveled up hill and down dale, questioning every witness he could find across the vast, rugged countryside.

Anchors to

Dale
Hill

Related idioms2entries

01
hill to die on
An issue to pursue with a wholehearted conviction or a single-minded focus, with little or no regard to the cost and no intent of equivocation or compromise.
02
king of the hill
A person who is meanwhile in leading position in an ongoing competition.