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单词 soup-to-nuts
释义

soup-to-nuts

[ soop-tuh-nuhts ]
/ ˈsup təˈnʌts /

adjective

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

Origin of soup-to-nuts

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Words nearby soup-to-nuts

soup kitchen, souple, soupmeat, soup plate, soupspoon, soup-to-nuts, soup up, soupy, sour, sourball, sourberry
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Example sentences from the Web for soup-to-nuts

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

    New York Times’ Phony Controversy Over Cookbook Ghostwriters|Regina Schrambling|March 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Cultural definitions for soup-to-nuts

soup to nuts

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

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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