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• soup-to-nuts
  soup-to-nuts

  adjective

  (of a meal) complete or impressive in number of courses.
• soup to nuts
  soup to nuts

  To include or cover everything, as in a full, multicourse meal: “The lecture on weather forecasting covered everything from soup to nuts.”

soup-to-nuts

American  

[soop-tuh-nuhts] / ˈsup təˈnʌts /

adjective

1. (of a meal) complete or impressive in number of courses.

2. Informal. complete; all-inclusive.

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soup to nuts Cultural  

1. To include or cover everything, as in a full, multicourse meal: “The lecture on weather forecasting covered everything from soup to nuts.”

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Etymology

Origin of soup-to-nuts

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Example Sentences

The mountain was on fire “from soup to nuts, the whole thing. You couldn’t see anything else.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Jessica Battilana broke down the festive meal, from soup to nuts, in a recent article for The New York Times Style Magazine.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

The cases would be in the federal courts, where the smartest jurists operate, and he'd be handling them soup to nuts, appearing before judges and juries.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2022

"He just admitted to a civil rights violation from soup to nuts."

From Fox News • Dec. 17, 2021

Eating proceeds from the introduction to the conclusion, "from soup to nuts."

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai