soup-to-nuts
[ soop-tuh-nuhts ]
adjective
(of a meal) complete or impressive in number of courses.
Informal. complete; all-inclusive.
Origin of soup-to-nuts
1An Americanism dating back to 1935–40
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How to use soup-to-nuts in a sentence
But at least the soup-to-nuts sensationalism is relatively harmless.
New York Times’ Phony Controversy Over Cookbook Ghostwriters | Regina Schrambling | March 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Cultural definitions for 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.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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