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all over the place
idiom informal(alsoall over the joint); (UK also all over the shop)
B2
in a lot of different places or in all parts of a place: 凌乱，杂乱
You can buy T-shirts like this all over the place.你在哪儿都能买到这样的T恤。
There were dirty dishes and clothes all over the place.脏餐具和脏衣服到处都是。
People were throwing up all over the joint.
Nobody sits around and watches TV together as a family any more - there are laptops and screens all over the shop.
informal
not correct, regular, or well organized; changing a lot without reason: 不正确的;不合适的
His drumming was all over the place.他的鼓敲得乱七八糟的。
The team were all over the shop today.
Shakespeare was all over the shop with his apostrophes.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Spreading and scattering
bedaub
bell
bestrew
billow
circulate
dispersion
disseminate
dotted around
dredge
dusting
encroach on/upon something
fan out
rambling
scatteringly
slap something on
slather
smear
smudge
smudgily
sprinkle
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Dirty & untidy
Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
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