出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第251页（193字）
形容彻底搜索、翻检，例匪徒进入屋内，捆绑屋主，翻箱倒柜，劫掠半天才离去。
The bandits tied up the owner，ransackcd the place and did not make off till they had got what they wanted．