from soup to nuts
1
7.4
- idiom
- Informal
:
de principio a fin
- "When a tribal leader uses the term 'trust responsibility,' he's talking about everything from soup to nuts," Gover says.
Just by Don Passman's book, it explains it from soup to nuts.
- Just by Don Passman's book, it explains it from soup to nuts.
- So our platform is pretty pretty much from soup to nuts.
- And we will pay for our sickest team members to go and learn from soup to nuts about this lifestyle.
Examples
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And Katherine witnesses every course... from soup to nuts.
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(From soup to nuts)
Blog text (19) -
"From soup to nuts" was how she put it.
Fiction book (2001) -
They've ordered everything from soup to nuts.
Fiction book (1993) -
Michelle was brought on to build Talent Acquisition from soup to nuts and from scratch.
Blog text (14) -
It's all here, I said, the whole ball of wax, from soup to nuts, liver and lights, every last scrap, the works, his very essence.
Fiction book (1999) -
Planning events from soup to nuts, she works with her team to create and sustain your event brand and enhance attendee engagement.
Blog text (15) -
We will handle every detail of the event planning, from soup to nuts.
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The report covers everything from soup to nuts, ensuring no aspect is overlooked.
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The caterer provided a menu that included everything from soup to nuts.
Synonyms
22
2.1
For the whole time, from the beginning to the end
12
6.0
Including everything and everyone in a single plan
8
4.9
In a way that includes almost all parts
2
8.4
Completely with nothing left out
1
4.6
For the whole time from the start to the finish
1
4.6
Including everything or everyone without leaving anything out
Completely from the beginning to the end
Antonyms
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
The expression rests on a meal-sequence metaphor (soup as an early course and nuts as a final course), so there is a compositional basis suggesting a span from beginning to end. However, the mapping from that literal sequence to the abstract sense 'including everything' is conventional and culture-specific, so a B1 learner who only knows the component words is unlikely to reliably infer the idiomatic meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
From soup to nuts comes from old full meals where a dinner often began with soup and ended with nuts, giving a picture of the whole meal. That's why it now means 'including everything' or 'from beginning to end'.