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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Example Sentences

“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

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

Armed with these rulings, brands continue to colonise our lives, accompanying us from the cradle to the grave.

From The Guardian • Nov. 17, 2015

People don't think how much we require praise and petting, at all stages of existence, or how much of childhood runs from the cradle to the grave in every human life.

From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)