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

He pooped on the bed and tinkled hither and thither.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2014

In Wodehouse's Blandings Castle stories, reluctant patriarch Lord Emsworth is a jumble of legs and befuddlement, an amiable, spindle-limbed weather vane buffeted hither and thither by the winds of familial tomfoolery.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2013

It had no foundation, but was tossed hither and thither by waves and winds.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton