all over the place

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all over the place

1. (俗语) 到处，四处

   近义词： scattershot

   They started firing all over the place.

   他们开始到处开火。

   In Genoa there are stray cats all over the place.

   热那亚到处都是野猫。

   I've been looking for you all over the place.

   我在到处找你。

   • 2004, Ruth Ozeki, All Over Creation, Penguin, →ISBN，页号 267:

     I couldn't believe it. “This is insane! You don't know what you're getting into, Dad. We can't have lots of people swarming all over the place. You're supposed to be getting rest.”

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2. (俗语) 乱七八糟，前后矛盾；胡乱，随意；前言不搭后语

   近义词： at random

   I asked each person in turn, and their answers were all over the place.

   我把他们一个个问过去，他们的回答前后不搭。

近义词

• (到处)： all over hell's half acre; all over the shop; all over the gaff; all over the map; all over the board; here, there and everywhere; up hill and down dale