The Full Monty
Nothing held back
The Full Monty is British slang for the whole thing, everything, the complete amount.
The phrase gained wider currency from the 1997 film about unemployed steelworkers who become strippers, where it specifically meant full nudity: They went the full monty.
But the expression predates the film and applies to any situation where nothing is held back: We're doing the full monty—appetizers, main course, dessert, the works.
South Yorkshire manufacturing city
- steelworkersMetal industry laborers
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- stripteaseSeductive gradual undressing
- male bondingMen forming close friendships
working-class · redundancy · audition · empowerment · friendship · desperation · solidarity · comeback
The complete set
- wholeFull and undivided
- totalComplete sum
- entireLacking no part
- all-encompassingIncluding everything without exception
comprehensive · no holds barred · absolute · unabridged · exhaustive · all the way · whole hog
Wearing no garments
- nudeUnclothed state
- bare allReveal completely, physically/emotionally
- stripNarrow elongated piece
- undressRemove one's garments
reveal · Chippendales · disrobe · exposed · unclothed · G-string · bumps and grinds · strip club
Historic English county
- northern EnglandUpper part of the country
- working-classManual laborers as group
- British humorDeadpan, ironic comedic tradition
- social realismUnidealized portrayal of workers' lives
industrial decline · council estate · pub · chippy · dole · redundancy · grit · Thatcherism
Sheffield
South Yorkshire manufacturing city
- steelworkersMetal industry laborers
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- stripteaseSeductive gradual undressing
male bonding · working-class · redundancy · audition · empowerment · friendship · desperation · solidarity · comeback · self-esteem
everything
The complete set
all-encompassing · comprehensive · no holds barred · absolute · unabridged · exhaustive · all the way · whole hog
naked
Wearing no garments
undress · reveal · Chippendales · disrobe · exposed · unclothed · G-string · bumps and grinds · strip club · burlesque
Yorkshire
Historic English county
- northern EnglandUpper part of the country
- working-classManual laborers as group
- British humorDeadpan, ironic comedic tradition
social realism · industrial decline · council estate · pub · chippy · dole · redundancy · grit · Thatcherism · rust belt
daring
Adventurous courage
bravery · fearless · nerve · chutzpah · pluck · bold move · risk-taking · uninhibited · shameless · brazen
- British FilmBFI, British comedy, Alfred Hitchcock, Danny Boyle, Christopher Nolan
- Working-Class DramaNorma Rae, Billy Elliot, Rosetta, Sweet Sixteen, Grapes of Wrath
The Full Montypartial
Favoring one side
incomplete · half measures · bits and pieces · piecemeal · nothing
The Full Montyholding back
Preventing forward movement
playing it safe · tentative · hedging · cautious · half-assed
full, fully, fullness, fuller, fullest, mount, mounts, mounted, mounting