all over creation
all over creation
Everywhere; over a great distance or area; all over the place. Primarily heard in US. I've been looking all over creation trying to find you! Janet: "You guys are two hours late! Where were you?" George: "Lenny here thought he'd take a shortcut, and we ended up driving all over creation!" I've gone all over creation, and I still haven't been able to find that toy she wants for Christmas!
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all over creation
and all over hell and half of Georgia; all over hell and gone; to hell and goneRur. everywhere. Little Billy had his toys spread out all over creation. It took forever to clean up after him. They're looking all over creation, trying to find the missing man. Tom has traveled all over hell and half of Georgia trying to find the man who done him wrong.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
all over creation
Everywhere. This homespun cliché uses creation in the sense of everything in the world that, by implication, God created.
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer