(from) stem to stern

completely.

We overhauled the car from stem to stern.

Related vocabulary: from top to bottom

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of from the stem to the stern (= from the front end to the back end of a ship)

• wolf-whistle
• wolf-whistle someone
• woman after own heart
• woman after your own heart
• woman in the street
• woman of dreams
• woman of means
• woman of the world
• woman of your dreams
• woman on the Clapham omnibus
• woman on the street
• won't bite
• won't hear a word against
• won't hear a word against someone
• won't hear a word against something
• won't hear a word said against
• won't hear a word said against someone
• won't hear a word said against something
• wooden spoon
• word for word
• word is law
• Words fail me!
• word to the wise.
• word to the wise is sufficient.
• work against the clock