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Jimmy Hung
2019-10-01 12:10
Beat the bushes (for someone or something) spoken language verb phrase
Used to describe looking for someone or something.
I've been beating the bushes for new customers all this week.
Our company is beating the bushes for new employees. You can try to apply to my company.
I've been beating the bushes for an apartment for my young sister these days.
The company is beating the bushes for a suitable actor for this character.
If a person "casts around for someone or something", he/she looks around to find something/someone, or search for an idea.
Try to look everywhere for someone or something
To look around for something or hunt for something.
To be in search of something.
To carefully look everywhere for someone or something.
It's mostly used in the continuous tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
To not have any children
He is an old man having neither chick nor child, so when he gets sick no one pays him a visit.
