by hook and by crook

• 不择手段地；用种种方法；千方百计地

by hook and by crook的用法和样例：

例句

1. He made a great fortune by fair means or foul.
   他不择手段地发了一笔大财。
2. They were doing the experiment in a thousand and one ways.
   他们正千方百计地做试验。
3. We must reform the political abuses by every possible means.
   我们必须千方百计地煞住政治上的不正之风。