Meaning of nook and cranny | Babel Free

Definitions

A place or part of a place, especially one that is small, remote, or tedious to access.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Everyone helped out to clean every nook and cranny of the house.”

“Cleaning this equipment really isn't hard except that getting into all the nooks and crannies is time-consuming.”

“Det er underligt at komme hjemme fra sin egen Krinkelkrog, gaae med Skib, der ogsaa er en Slags Krinkelkrog, og saa pludselig være over hundrede Mile borte og staae i et fremmedt Land.”

“Ever since the post-war spread of the motor car, the railways have had to contend with tough competition, but have had an inherent advantage in the commuter and inter-city markets. Now they are about to face two new enemies - a technology that everyone has learnt to use and a virus that many people think lurks in every nook and cranny of the rail system.”

CEFR level