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up hill and down dale |
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up hill and down dale (literary) if you travel up hill and down dale, you travel all over an area The man carried his basket of goods up hill and down dale. See be worth a hill of beansHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I was wedged in between Redruth and a stout old gentleman, and in spite of the swift motion and the cold night air, I must have dozed a great deal from the very first, and then slept like a log up hill and down dale through stage after stage, for when I was awakened at last it was by a punch in the ribs, and I opened my eyes to find that we were standing still before a large building in a city street and that the day had already broken a long time. And warn't it me as had been tried afore, and as had been know'd up hill and down dale in Bridewells and Lock-Ups? Before I begin my harum-scarum day-- grinding away at those books and instruments and then galloping up hill and down dale, all the country round, like a highwayman--it does me so much good to come and have a steady walk with our comfortable friend, that here I am again |
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