My grandfather is searching up and down for his spectacles. vs My grandmother is searching high and low for her spectacles.

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. They convey the same meaning of searching thoroughly for something. The choice between 'up and down' and 'high and low' depends on personal preference or the desire to vary the language used.

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My grandfather is searching up and down for his spectacles.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to convey the idea of searching thoroughly for something.

This phrase is used to describe someone searching in every possible place or direction to find something. It emphasizes the thoroughness of the search.

Examples:

She searched up and down for her missing keys.
The children looked up and down for their lost puppy.
He checked up and down for the document but couldn't find it.
The team searched up and down for the solution to the problem.
We've searched up and down for the perfect gift.

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- My grandfather is from Seville.
My grandfather is buried on that mountain.
My grandfather isn't well, monsieur.
I wonder where my grandfather is...
No, but my grandfather is.
Look, my grandfather is buried here.
My grandfather is the only one who listens to me.
My grandfather is dying in the hospital.
My grandfather is the poet Jonathan Coffin.
My grandfather is the oldest living and practicing poet.
My grandfather is 90 years old and very lively.
My grandfather is still sound in mind and body.
My grandfather is extremely powerful, but he's faking being ill, and I know he has something awful planned.
Or my grandfather is going to blow a hole through this door and ruin it.
Did you know my grandfather is doing erectile dysfunction commercials?
My grandfather is over eighty years old, but he is a good walker.
So I hunted up and down for her.
So my grandfather is the head of the Light?
My grandfather is more important to you than I ever imagined, which means you need me more than I need you.
Dude, my grandfather is a lot of things, But dead is not one of them.

Alternatives:

my grandfather is searching everywhere for his spectacles.
my grandfather is searching all over for his spectacles.
my grandfather is searching in every nook and cranny for his spectacles.
my grandfather is searching in every corner for his spectacles.
my grandfather is searching in every possible place for his spectacles.

My grandmother is searching high and low for her spectacles.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to convey the idea of searching thoroughly for something.

This phrase is used to describe someone searching diligently and thoroughly in all possible places to find something. It emphasizes the exhaustive nature of the search.

Examples:

She looked high and low for her missing phone.
The team searched high and low for the missing files.
He searched high and low for the perfect gift.
They are searching high and low for a solution to the problem.
The students searched high and low for the answer.

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A guy travels across the country, searching high and low for his wife.
Now, after searching high and low for several months, I discovered that there was a type of molecule called a Borane which has exactly the same vibration.
Suliman's creatures are searching high and low for our house
I spent years searching high and low.
Though our sources here at WODC are still searching high and low to track him down.
"He would be grateful if any person who saw them would notify him... promptly."'We have been searching high and low for the children for a month past,' added Mr Neville,
I flew high and low for three hours.
Police looked high and low for Jamie and this mysterious kidnapper...
We've searched high and low for this book.
It will provide some stability in the absence of her spectacles.
I've been looking high and low for you.
The feds searched high and low for him to give a statement and turned up nothing.
Now the British will be looking high and low for us.
We'll search high and low for the kids.
We've hunted high and low for a kindergarten, but it's hopeless.
I searched high and low for my glasses but couldn't find them.
I searched high and low for my lighter but couldn't find it.
We all searched high and low for the missing documents, but they were never found.
Tell reception that my grandmother is no longer accepting visitors.
But my grandmother is a wonderful woman.

Alternatives:

my grandmother is searching everywhere for her spectacles.
my grandmother is searching all over for her spectacles.
my grandmother is searching in every nook and cranny for her spectacles.
my grandmother is searching in every corner for her spectacles.
my grandmother is searching in every possible place for her spectacles.

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My grandfather is searching up and down for his spectacles. vs My grandmother is searching high and low for her spectacles.