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left and right en · ADV

Meanings

  1. (Canada, US, figuratively, not-comparable) All over the place; indiscriminately; frequently or excessively.
    • You can't expect to eat desserts left and right and not gain weight.
    • And then all the distributions come in and they screw it all up. Because they break binary compatibility left and right 2014, Linus Torvalds, DebConf: Q&A with Linus Torvalds:

Relateds

right, left and center · right, left and centre · right, left, and centre · right, left, and center · right and left · left, right and center · left, right, and center · left, right, and centre · left, right and centre

Translations (33)

es a diestro y siniestro (all over the place) · fr à dêtre et à senêtre (all over the place) · sh лије̑во-де̏сно (all over the place) · fr à tort et à travers (all over the place) · ca a tort i a dret (all over the place) · oc flisco-flasco (all over the place) · oc de tòrt e de travèrs (all over the place) · oc a tòrt e a travèrs (all over the place) · sh lijȇvo-dȅsno (all over the place) · he על ימין ועל שמאל (all over the place) · az sağa-sola (all over the place) · te ఎడా పెడా (all over the place) · yo sọ́tùn-ún sósì (all over the place) · fr à tout-va (all over the place) · nrf à dêtre et à s'nêtre (all over the place) · es a diestra y siniestra (all over the place) · pl na prawo i lewo (all over the place) · oc liro-laro (all over the place) · tl kaliwa't kanan (all over the place) · yo lọ́tùn-ún lósì (all over the place) · tr önüne gelen (all over the place) · fr à droite et à gauche (all over the place) · pt a torto e a direito (all over the place) · sv till höger och vänster (all over the place) · fr à dextre et à senestre (all over the place) · fi kaksin käsin (all over the place) · oc guerlin-guerlan (all over the place) · is hægri vinstri (all over the place) · pl na prawo i na lewo (all over the place) · gl a destro e sestro (all over the place) · gl a destro e sinistro (all over the place) · ru направо и налево (all over the place) · oc a tòrt e a dret (all over the place)

left and right en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:shooting; literal; shooting; literal, uncountable) Two rapid successful shots from a double-barrelled gun.
    • Apparently a left-and-a-right in hunting parlance meant to shoot and kill two birds or animals in quick succession, first with your left barrel and then with your right. 1956, Gerald Durrell, chapter 12, in My Family and Other Animals, London: Penguin, pages 180-81:

Relateds

right and left