to the four winds



to the four winds

in all directions It would be a disaster if we allowed all that know-how to be scattered to the four winds.
Related vocabulary: the four corners of the earth
See also: four, wind

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ComhghÁN-Irish
Olumide-Western African, Yoruba
Norris['nɔris]
Janko-Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Slovak
HeilwigHIEL-vigGerman
TennysonTEN-ə-sənEnglish (Rare)