'All Over the Map' Can Be Good and Bad — VOA Learning English

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The world is filled with many interesting places. A map helps us find them. Any place you need to find -- a street address, business, famous landmark or park -- is most likely on a map.

Which brings us to our expression: all over the map! We use this expression in several different ways.

The first way means to be spread out over a great distance.

For example, years ago I drove across the United States by myself. I was all over the map on that trip -- through mountains, deserts, forests, and more.

Here is another way we use this expression.

All over the map can also mean having many different kinds of something. For example, if a…

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Anna Matteo wrote this lesson for VOA Learning English.

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