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单词 to turn every straw
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to turn every straw
a. to turn every straw, leave no straw unturned: to search everywhere for something lost.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)] > search exhaustively
to turn every straw?c1225
to rake (out) hell1542
leave no straw unturned1575
to leave no stone unturned1670
trawl1980
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 241 Secheð hit anan richt & towent uch strea oðet hit beo ifunden.
1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. iv. sig. Aiiii So see in all the heape of dust, thou leaue no straw vnturned.
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