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leave no stone unturned

  • 1 leave no stone unturned

    (to try every possible means: The police left no stone unturned to (try to) find the child.) κινώ γη και ουρανό,τρώω τον κόσμο

    English-Greek dictionary > leave no stone unturned

  • 2 stone

    [stəun] 1. noun
    1) (( also adjective) (of) the material of which rocks are composed: limestone; sandstone; a stone house; stone walls; In early times, men made tools out of stone.) πέτρα
    2) (a piece of this, of any shape or size: He threw a stone at the dog.) πέτρα
    3) (a piece of this shaped for a special purpose: a tombstone; paving-stones; a grindstone.) πέτρα
    4) (a gem or jewel: She lost the stone out of her ring; diamonds, rubies and other stones.) πετράδι
    5) (the hard shell containing the nut or seed in some fruits eg peaches and cherries: a cherry-stone.) κουκούτσι
    6) (a measure of weight still used in Britain, equal to 6.35 kilogrammes: She weighs 9.5 stone.) μονάδα βάρους
    7) (a piece of hard material that forms in the kidney, bladder etc and causes pain.) πέτρα
    2. verb
    1) (to throw stones at, especially as a ritual punishment: Saint Stephen was stoned to death.) πετροβολώ,λιθοβολώ
    2) (to remove the stones from (fruit): She washed and stoned the cherries.) ξεκουκουτσιάζω
    •
    - stonily
    - stoniness
    - stone-cold
    - stone-dead
    - stone-deaf
    - stoneware
    - stonework
    - leave no stone unturned
    - a stone's throw

    English-Greek dictionary > stone

  • 3 Stone

    subs.
    P. and V. λίθος, ὁ, V. πέτρος, ὁ (rare P.).
    Hurling upon his head a stone that would fill a waggon: V. λᾶαν ἐμβαλὼν κάρᾳ ἁμαξοπληθῆ (Eur., Phoen. 1157).
    Stone for throwing: also V. χερμάς, ἡ;
    Round stone for rolling on to an enemy: P. ὀλοίτροχος, ὁ (Xen.).
    Stone for building: P. and V. λίθος, ὁ.
    Collect stones for building, v.: P. λιθοφορεῖν.
    Precious stone: Ar. and P. λίθος, ὁ or ἡ, P. λιθίδιον, τό; see Jewel.
    Whetstone: see Whetstone.
    Leave no stone unturned: V. πάντα κινῆσαι πέτρον (Eur., Heracl. 1002), P. use πᾶν ποιεῖν (Plat., Ap. 39A).
    Stone of fruit: P. πυρήν, ὁ (Hdt.).
    Memorial stone: Ar. and P. στήλη, ἡ.
    Suffer from stone ( in medical sense), v.: P. λιθιᾶν.
    ——————
    adj.
    Made of stone: Ar. and P. λίθινος, V. πετραῖος, πετρώδης, πέτρινος, λάινος.
    Roofed with stone: V. πετρηρεφής.
    Paved with stone: V. λιθόστρωτος.
    ——————
    v. trans.
    P. and V. λεύειν, Ar. and P. καταλεύειν, P. καταλιθοῦν.
    Be stoned also: V. πετροῦσθαι.
    Stone ( fruit): Ar. and V. κοκκίζειν (Ar., frag. and Æsch., frag.).

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Stone

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  • leave no stone unturned — {v. phr.} To try in every way; miss no chance; do everything possible. Usually used in the negative. * /The police will leave no stone unturned in their search for the bank robbers./ Compare: ALL OUT, BEND HEAVEN AND EARTH, FINE TOOTH COMB …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • leave no stone unturned — {v. phr.} To try in every way; miss no chance; do everything possible. Usually used in the negative. * /The police will leave no stone unturned in their search for the bank robbers./ Compare: ALL OUT, BEND HEAVEN AND EARTH, FINE TOOTH COMB …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • leave no stone unturned — If you look everywhere to find something, or try everything to achieve something, you leave no stone unturned …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • leave no stone unturned — ► leave no stone unturned try every possible course of action in order to achieve something. Main Entry: ↑stone …   English terms dictionary

  • leave no stone unturned — verb search thoroughly and exhaustively The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President s murderer • Hypernyms: ↑search, ↑seek, ↑look for • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * leave no stone unturned To do …   Useful english dictionary

  • leave no stone unturned —    If you look everywhere to find something, or try everything to achieve something, you leave no stone unturned.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you try everything possible in order to achieve or to find something, you leave no stone… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • leave\ no\ stone\ unturned — v. phr. To try in every way; miss no chance; do everything possible. Usually used in the negative. The police will leave no stone unturned in their search for the bank robbers. Compare: all out, move heaven and earth, fine tooth comb …   Словарь американских идиом

  • leave no stone unturned — to do everything possible in order to achieve or find something. Both sides have vowed to leave no stone unturned in the search for peace …   New idioms dictionary

  • Leave no stone unturned —   If you look everywhere to find something, or try everything to achieve something, you leave no stone unturned …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • leave no stone unturned — verb a) To search thoroughly for something, looking in every conceivable place. James Sutherland insists Australia had no alternative but to cancel the tour. We have left no stone unturned in trying to ensure the tour could proceed as planned but …   Wiktionary

  • leave no stone unturned — look everywhere, look high and low    In our search for Mom s wedding ring, we left no stone unturned …   English idioms

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