get to the bottom of the matter

get to the bottom of the matter

To get to the bottom, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zhu ī g ē NW è nd ǐ, which means to investigate the details. It comes from three mirrors of spring planting and autumn harvest.

The origin of Idioms

Kang Zhuo's spring planting and autumn harvest: three mirrors: "as for the problem of the waterwheel later, he really said that there was no loophole, but Lao laiwang's group had to twist him to get to the bottom of it!"

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: to get to the bottom, to find the bottom, to dig the bottom

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, object and adverbial.