corners Idiom

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cut corners

use less material, use less than required If we cut corners, we'll produce a low-quality product.

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Four corners of the earth

If something goes to, or comes from, the four corners of the earth, it goes or comes absolutely everywhere.

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cut corners|corner|corners|cut

v. phr. 1. To take a short way; not go to each corner. He cut corners going home in a hurry. 2. To save cost or effort; manage in a thrifty way; be saving. John's father asked him to cut corners all he could in college. 3. To do less than a very good job; do only what you must do on a job. He had cut corners in building his house, and it didn't stand up well.

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four corners|corners|four

n. All parts of a place. People came from the four corners of the world to see him. He has been to the four corners of the country.
Compare: ALL OVER.

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four corners of the earth, the

four corners of the earth, the
The far ends of the world; all parts of the world. For example, Athletes came from the four corners of the earth to compete in the Olympics. This expression appeared in the Bible (Isaiah 11:12): “And gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” Although the idea that the earth is a flat plane with actual corners has long been discarded, the term has survived.