1. leave no stone unturned : 千方百计;
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1. building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
e.g. he wanted a special stone to mark the site
2. a lack of feeling or expression or movement
e.g. he must have a heart of stone
her face was as hard as stone
3. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
e.g. he threw a rock at me
Synonym: rock
4. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
e.g. you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking
5. an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body
equal to 14 pounds
e.g. a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone
6. material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
e.g. that mountain is solid rock
stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries
Synonym: rock
7. a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
e.g. he had the gem set in a ring for his wife
she had jewels made of all the rarest stones