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from soup to nuts(from) soup to nutsFrom the very beginning to the very end. Refers to a once-traditional full course meal, beginning with soup and ending with a dessert of nuts. OK, let's go over the plan again, from soup to nuts. Soup to nuts, this has to be the most interesting and engaging book I've every read. See also: nuts, soup Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. from soup to nutsAlso, from A to Z or start to finish or stem to stern . From beginning to end, throughout, as in We went through the whole agenda, from soup to nuts, or She had to learn a whole new system from A to Z, or It rained from start to finish, or We did over the whole house from stem to stern. The first expression, with its analogy to the first and last courses of a meal, appeared in slightly different forms (such as from potage to cheese) from the 1500s on; the precise wording here dates only from the mid-1900s. The second expression alludes to the first and last letters of the Roman alphabet; see also alpha and omega. The third comes from racing and alludes to the entire course of the race; it dates from the mid-1800s. The last variant is nautical, alluding to the front or stem, and rear or stern, of a vessel. See also: nuts, soup The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. from soup to nuts from beginning to end; completely. North American informal Soup is likely to feature as the first course of a formal meal, while a selection of nuts may be offered as the final one. See also: nuts, soup Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary from ˌsoup to ˈnuts (American English, informal) from beginning to end: She told me the whole story from soup to nuts.This refers to a long meal that often begins with soup and ends with nuts. See also: nuts, soup Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary from soup to nutsFrom the beginning to the end; the whole thing. The analogy to a complete meal of numerous courses dates back many years. John Heywood’s proverb collection of 1546 has it “from potage to cheese,” and John Clarke’s 1639 collection, “from th’egges to th’apples.” The precise locution of soup to nuts appears to be American and dates only from the early twentieth century. A very similar cliché, from start to finish, comes from sports, particularly rowing races. The earliest example in print, according to the OED, dates from a sports publication of 1868. This cliché is more common in Britain, where finish is used as a noun more often than it is in America. See also alpha and omega; from the word go. See also: nuts, soup The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also:- (from) soup to nuts
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