nooks and crannies
Noun Phrase: - Small, hidden, or out-of-the-way places: "Nooks and crannies" refers collectively to the small, secluded, and often overlooked corners, recesses, or spaces within a larger area. It implies a thorough search or exploration of every possible part of a place or subject.
The phrase "nooks and crannies" is used to emphasize completeness when searching or exploring. It is almost always used with a possessive determiner (like "every," "all the," "its") and often follows verbs like "explore," "search," "clean," or "know." - It describes the physical corners and hidden spaces of a room, building, or landscape. - It can be used metaphorically to describe the detailed or obscure aspects of a non-physical subject, such as a field of knowledge.
- "To explore/search every nook and cranny": To examine a place or subject with extreme thoroughness, leaving no part uninvestigated.
- The detectives searched every nook and cranny of the apartment for clues.
- Nook (noun): A corner or recess, especially one offering seclusion or security.
- She found a quiet nook in the library to read.
- Cranny (noun): A small, narrow space or opening, especially in a wall or rock.
- Sunlight streamed through a cranny in the ancient wall.
- Every inch: Every part of a place.
- Every corner: All parts of an area.
- Recesses: Remote, secluded, or inner parts.
- "To leave no stone unturned": To try every possible course of action in order to achieve something. This idiom is similar in meaning to "searching every nook and cranny" but is more about effort in an investigation than physical space.
- The lawyer left no stone unturned in her defense of the client.
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something remote
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he explored every nook and cranny of science
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