hit och dit
Swedish edit
Adverb edit
hit och dit (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) hither and thither ("to here and to there"), implying for example chaos, a lack of direction, or indecisiveness
- Folk sprang hit och dit i panik
- People ran hither and thither in panic
Usage notes edit
Common in Swedish, where hit (“to here, hither”) and dit (“to there, thither”) are not archaic.
See also edit
- här och där (“here and there”)