Cliché: leave no stone unturned

(entered for 03.21.06)

Meaning: consider every resource. Meaning and uses.
Rewrite 1: leave no leaf unturned
Rewrite 2: keep looking, though you’ve consulted every stone
Rewrite 3: consult every spaceⁿ³ and crevice
Rewrite 4: search till you’ve illuminated even every dark place

Comment: This is as much about exhausting every resource as it is about not giving up.

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