hither and thither

Idioms  

1. Also, hither and yon. Here and there, as in I've been wandering about, hither and thither, or Ruth went hither and yon, searching for her sister. These old words for “here” and “there” are rarely heard outside these expressions, which themselves may be dying out. [c. a.d. 725]

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hither and thither

For years, as an early-warning alert system, the county agricultural people had been hanging Medfly traps hither and thither among our pretty, fructiferous trees — little A-frame-shaped cardboard doohickeys with a dab of fly attractant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

The humor is sporadic, hinging mostly on slapstick-style depictions of body parts being flung hither and thither.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

It’s a decision that will fling the lives of her self-involved cabal hither and thither, like raindrops being shaken off an umbrella.

From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2020

Or maybe it’s Alice Medrich’s fudgy Best Cocoa Brownies, or some other recipe that’s already been celebrated hither and thither across the baking universe.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2018

But almost before they had begun to scatter, into their midst bounded a great black dog, snapping, biting and chasing hither and thither like a fox in a chicken run.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams