单词 | soup to nuts |
释义 | > as lemmas(from) soup to nuts (b) (from) soup to nuts (U.S. colloquial), from beginning to end, completely; everything. ΚΠ 1910 C. Mathewson Won in Ninth 143 He knew the game from ‘soup to nuts’. 1938 H. Asbury Sucker's Progress 16 For many years a common expression was ‘from soda to hock’, meaning the whole thing, from soup to nuts. 1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh i. 79 I know all about that game from soup to nuts. 1964 F. O'Rourke Mule for Marquesa 42 ‘Everything here we asked for?’ ‘Soup to nuts... Nothing but the best.’ < as lemmas |
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