bolt to the bran | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,transitive)Toexaminethoroughly, so as toseparateordiscovereverythingimportant.1735,Walter Harte,An Essay on Reason:Thisboultsthe matter fairlyto the bran.1795–1797,Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in[Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]:The report of the committee was examined and sifted andbolted to the bran.

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