all over the place

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介詞短語

all over the place

1. (俗語) 到處，四處

   近義詞： scattershot

   They started firing all over the place.

   他們開始到處開火。

   In Genoa there are stray cats all over the place.

   熱那亞到處都是野貓。

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

   我在到處找你。

   • 2004, Ruth Ozeki, All Over Creation, Penguin, →ISBN，頁號 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. (俗語) 亂七八糟，前後矛盾；胡亂，隨意；前言不搭後語

   近義詞： at random

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

   我把他們一個個問過去，他們的回答前後不搭。

近義詞

• (到處)： 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