Word story – every nook and cranny

February 27, 2021 09:00

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every nook and cranny (phrase) – every part or aspect of something
Definition – Oxford Dictionary

Происхождение фразы every nook and cranny

Идиома every nook and cranny возникла в английском языке в 14 веке.
Самый ранний из известных на сегодняшний день письменных примеров употребления идиомы every nook and cranny – опубликованная в 1803 году книга Джеймса Крири «Шотландский пейзаж».

Yet, how endure the winter’s surly rage,
The deadly nipping of the northern blast?
The piercing frost, the mass of drifted snow,
That smooths the valley with the higher ridge,
And ev’ry winding nook and cranny fills?
James Cririe, Scottish Scenery, 1803

Фраза включает два существительных: nook (a small corner or sheltered place - укромный уголок) и cranny (a long narrow hole especially in a wall or rock - щель), которые в настоящее время отдельно практически не используются в английском языке.

Идиома every nook and cranny также употребляется в альтернативной форме all the nooks and crannies.

Варианты перевода фразы every nook and cranny

везде,
повсюду,
каждый уголок
каждый закоулок, 
каждый закуток, 
все углы и закоулки

Примеры употребления фразы every nook and cranny

TOKYO — Vending machines stocked with sodas are ubiquitous here, tucked away, it seems, in every nook and cranny of the country.
Hiroko Tabuchi, One Obstacle Won’t Budge in Japan’s Fight With Deflation, The New York Times, 31 May 2013

The term 'globalisation of education' suggests getting education into every nook and cranny of the globe.
Maud MTE Huymen, Pim Martens, Henk BM Hilderink, The health impacts of globalisation: a conceptual framework, Globalization and Health, 3 August 2005

A massive 45 cameras lurk in every nook and cranny of the house, meaning that viewers really won't be missing a thing.
Jess Denham, Celebrity Big Brother 5: Meet the 2014 housemates, Independent, 3 January 2014

Picture, if you will, today's economy as an increasingly digitized environment where data streams wildly swirl in all directions, each day, through every nook and cranny of the globe.
Data Mining, Forbes, 28 May 1999

Тема: Grammar & Vocabulary Теги: Wordstory, Etymology

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