up hill and down dale en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(Australia, New-Zealand, UK, US, idiomatic, not-comparable) Here and there; everywhere.
I have a great deal of sympathy with scientific doubters, and with those who test psychicism up hill and down dale and are not satisfied.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 275:We bought a 1969 dark green VW Beetle which I immediately named "Doodle Bug," and off we went. The car did not give us a minute's trouble throughout the trip — up hill, down dale, across uncharted wastelands between super highways.
1980 December 6, Nancy Walker, “Toodle-Oo, Doodle”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 20, page 12:
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| up hill and down dell | alternative | lexicographic | |
| uphill and downdale | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
fr par monts et par vaux (Translations) · es por los montes y por los valles (Translations) · pl wte i wewte (Translations) · cy dros bant a bryn (Translations) · de landauf und landab (Translations) · gv harrish cronk as glion (Translations) · pl gdzieniegdzie (Translations) · fi halki maiden ja mantujen (Translations)