the (big) smoke

British & Australian

a big city, especially London, Sydney or Melbourne.

So when were you last in the smoke, then?

• from day one
• from head to toe
• ... from hell
• from hell
• from of the top drawer
• from one moment to the next
• from on high
• from pillar to post
• from scratch
• from soup to nuts
• from stem to stern
• from the bottom of heart
• from the bottom of your heart
• from the corner of eye
• from the corner of your eye
• from the cradle to the grave
• from the get-go
• from the ground up
• from the heart
• from the horse's mouth
• from there to here
• from the ridiculous to the sublime
• from the sublime to the ridiculous
• from the word go
• from the year dot