womb-to-tomb

7.4

Covers a person's whole life from birth to death

adjective
/wʊm tə tum/

: de la cuna a la tumba

From womb to tomb.

And so it goes on right the way to, you know, from, from from womb to tomb.

Examples

The new policy supports individuals with a womb-to-tomb approach, ensuring assistance at every stage of life.
Many believe in a womb-to-tomb philosophy that emphasizes care and support from birth until death.
She advocated for womb-to-tomb healthcare, promoting access to medical services throughout a person's entire life.

Synonyms

lifelong

vswomb-to-tomb

167 3.5

Lasting for a person's whole life

is a multiword idiom that expresses the same lifespan

cradle-to-grave

vswomb-to-tomb

5 7.3

Lasting for a person's whole life or for the whole time something exists

is an alternative idiom using different life imagery

from the cradle to the grave

vswomb-to-tomb

Informal

2 4.0

Lasts from a person's birth to their death

is the hyphenated written form of that idiom

from womb to tomb

vswomb-to-tomb

6.5

Throughout a person's life from birth to death

is the hyphenated written form of that same phrase

Surface Forms

womb-to-tomb positive

Morphology

womb-to-tomb = womb + tomb (transparent) = to + womb + tomb

The phrase literally maps 'womb' (birth) through 'to' (range) to 'tomb' (death), so its meaning 'from birth to death' is directly inferable by learners. [Postprocessing: moved 'to' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Womb-to-tomb starts with two strong images: womb ('birth') and tomb ('death'). So, the phrase means something that lasts for a person's whole life, covering them from 'birth' to 'death'.