汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 翻箱倒柜
翻箱倒柜 (翻箱倒櫃)
to overturn trunks and boxes / to make a thorough search (idiom)
翻 Upside down / Turn the boxes and cabinets over / Describe a thorough review
形容彻底地翻检、搜查。也说翻箱倒箧(qiè)。
fān xiāng dào/dǎo () guì/jǔ
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

千万不要翻箱倒柜,当面立马将所有消极情绪都和盘托出。

Be careful not to dump all of your negative feelings on your partner at once.

我曾问过她的生活,那就好像她在翻箱倒柜乱折腾一气似的回答我这个问题。

I asked her about her life, and it was as if she rummaged around in a dusty chest to get me the answers.

那些特务冲进他的房间翻箱倒柜地搜了一遍,但没有发现任何可疑的东西。

The special agents broke into his room and rummaged through chests and cupboards but couldn't find anything suspicious.

我拒绝了她的邀约,第二天,我翻箱倒柜把所有能找到的猎头电话全找了出来。

I declined her offer and the next day I was busy compiling the name of every head-hunter I could find.

她的丈夫几年前死了,临死前,还清了这周六被你翻箱倒柜找便宜货的这栋房子的最后一期房款。

Her husband died years ago, but not before he made the last payment on the home you rummaged through on Saturday.