slice and dice
verb1
To cut and chop to pieces.
- To slice and dice: Place the onion on a chopping board, and slice it in half lengthwise.2009, Ellen Brown, $3 Meals in Minutes […] , Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 23:
2
Figuratively To rearrange or analyze in a number of different ways, often arbitrarily.
- To demonstrate how to create an OLAP report, here's a chance to slice and dice some data from a cube based on the Xtreme database and see what it can tell you.2011, Allen G. Taylor, Crystal Reports 2008 For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 222: