from the cradle to the grave

Idioms  

1. From birth to death, throughout life, as in This health plan will cover you from cradle to grave. Richard Steele used the term in The Tatler (1709): “A modest fellow never has a doubt from his cradle to his grave.” [c. 1700]

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from the cradle to the grave

“We want to look at the full life cycle … not only thinking from the cradle to the grave, but from the point where the raw materials are extracted at the beginning,” Stanton says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

"There's the old adage that a GP cares from the cradle to the grave," said Dr Neill.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2023

Again, a far cry from the cradle to the grave model of the company man of much of the 20th century.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2018

Time has always seemed the most democratic of concepts: all of us, regardless of wealth or status, appear to move together from the cradle to the grave in the great current of time.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

This is a force that operates on all individuals more or less, and from the cradle to the grave.

From Determinism or Free-Will? by Chapman Cohen