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
Kane	-	Irish
Goraidh	-	Scottish
Nazariy	-	Russian, Ukrainian
Thad	[θæd]
Sophia	so-FEE-ə (English), so-FIE-ə (British English), zo-FEE-ah (German)	English, Greek, German, Ancient Greek
Baldarich	-	Ancient Germanic