nook and cranny | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,with "any" or "every")A place or part of a place, especially one that is small, remote, or tedious to access.Everyone helped out to clean everynook and crannyof the house.Cleaning this equipment really isn't hard except that getting into all thenooks and cranniesis time-consuming.1966[1858],Hans Christian Andersen, “Soup from a Sausage Peg”, in Pat Shaw Iversen, transl.,The Snow Queen and Other Tales(Signet Classic;CT334), New York, N.Y.:New American Library, translation ofSuppe paa en Pølsepind(in Danish),→OCLC,page224:It’s strange to come away from home, from your ownnook and cranny, to go by ship – which is also a kind ofnook and cranny– and then suddenly be more than a hundred miles away and stand in a foreign land![original:Det er underligt at komme hjemme fra sin egenKrinkelkrog, gaae med Skib, der ogsaa er en SlagsKrinkelkrog, og saa pludselig være over hundrede Mile borte og staae i et fremmedt Land.]2021April 7, Christian Wolmar, “Electrification is a given... but comfort matters as well”, inRAIL, number928, page47:Ever since the post-war spread of the motor car, the railways have had to contend with tough competition, but have had an inherent advantage in the commuter and inter-city markets. Now they are about to face two new enemies - a technology that everyone has learnt to use and a virus that many people think lurks in everynook and crannyof the rail system.

Examples:

EN: He knew every nook and cranny.
ES: El traje de marino indica que estaba en los muelles.
EN: Every nook and cranny in New Orleans.
ES: Buscaré en todos los rincones de la ciudad.
EN: She's been out searching every nook and cranny for her lost baby, of course.
ES: Ha estado buscando a su bebé extraviado. El señor Jones la ayudó.
EN: I love every nook and cranny.
ES: Adoro los rincones de la ciudad.
ES: Me encanta cada rincón.
EN: We will show you how they searched every nook and cranny of her house looking for a hidden cache of money.
ES: Les mostraremos cómo revisaron cada recoveco de su casa en busca de dinero escondido.
EN: This is the palace of the Emperor Akbar Now its every nook and cranny... can tell stories of bygone days Far from the comforts... of his splendid palace... in this scorching desert... walking barefoot on the burning sand... is Akbar the Great
ES: Este es el palacio del emperador Akbar ahora cada escondrijo y agujero... puede decir la historia de dias pasados lejos de las comodidades... de su espléndido palacio... en este desierto abrasador... caminando descalzo en la arena ardiente... está Akbar el grande
EN: To take it completely, fully, to fill that space, every nook and cranny of it.
ES: Tomarlo por completo, totalmente, para llenar cada rincón de ese espacio.
EN: You must get to know every nook and cranny of this great store. Oh I'm very good in nookying and crannying.
ES: Debe conocer cada rincón de esta gran tienda.
EN: "Packhorse" has his men searching, combing every nook and cranny.
ES: "Mula de carga" tiene a sus hombres buscando, peinando cada rincón de la ciudad.
EN: Our job is to slash the red ink in every nook and cranny... because our company needs the cash for its defence.
ES: Nuestro trabajo es acabar de raíz con los números rojos... en cada rincón y en cada grieta, porque nuestra compañía... necesita dinero para defenderse.
EN: Every nook and cranny
ES: Cada rincón y grieta
EN: From his old hide-outs, to his family and old friends, look in every nook and cranny!
ES: Desde sus antiguos escondites, hasta su familia y viejos amigos, ¡mirad en cada agujero y grieta!
EN: Every nook and cranny.
ES: Cada rincón.
EN: Gentlemen, it is not necessary... to follow me into every nook and cranny in this camp.
ES: Caballeros, no es necesario... seguirme hasta el último rincón de este campamento.
EN: He can look into every nook and cranny and nobody'll get suspicious. Right.
ES: Podrá investigar cada rincón y nadie sospechará nada.

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