beat the bushes (for someone or something)

To search for someone or something exhaustively and at great length. I've been beating the bushes for a bigger apartment, but there's nothing out there I can afford!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sholto	-	Scottish
Tit	TEET	Russian
Melisizwe	-	Southern African, Xhosa
Abene	-	Basque
Wesley	WES-lee	English
Frans	FRAHNS (Dutch, Finnish)	Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish