"up hill and down dale" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Audio: En-au-up hill and down dale.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} up hill and down dale (not comparable)
  1. (UK, US, Australia, idiomatic) Here and there; everywhere. Tags: Australia, UK, US, idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: up hill and down dell Translations (Translations): halki maiden ja mantujen (Finnish), par monts et par vaux (French), landauf und landab (German), harrish cronk as glion (Manx), por los montes y por los valles (Spanish), dros bant a bryn (Welsh)

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