English

Adverb

from soup to nuts

1. (US) From the first course of a meal to the last.
2. (idiomatic, US) From beginning to end; throughout.
   • We went through the whole agenda, from soup to nuts.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:

     [That cat] is a broken reed to lean on in the matter of catching mice. My own acquaintance with him is a longstanding one, and I have come to know his psychology from soup to nuts. He hasn't caught a mouse since he was a slip of a kitten. Except when eating, he does nothing but sleep.

Synonyms

• (from beginning to end): from A to Z

Related terms

• soup-to-nuts

Translations

See also

• Soup to nuts on Wikipedia.Wikipedia