soup-to-nuts

[ soop-tuh-nuhts ]

adjective

1. (of a meal) complete or impressive in number of courses.
2. Informal. complete; all-inclusive.

soup to nuts

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of soup-to-nuts¹

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Example Sentences

But at least the soup-to-nuts sensationalism is relatively harmless.

From The Daily Beast