soup to nuts
The whole shebang
Soup to nuts means from beginning to end, covering everything.
The phrase comes from formal multi-course meals that traditionally began with soup and ended with nuts.
The consultant reviewed their operations soup to nuts.
We offer soup-to-nuts service—design, manufacturing, and delivery.
- the whole nine yardsTotality, without exception
- first courseInitial dish served
- A to ZFull alphabetical span
- from start to finishEntire duration covered
- beginning to endThe complete duration
dessert · gamut · full spectrum · entirety · course · totality · the works · lock stock and barrel · bread · panoply · end-to-end · top to bottom · stem to stern · all-encompassing · cover all bases · whole · sweeping · lifecycle
soup to nutspartial
Favoring one side
incomplete · piecemeal · fragmentary · selective · partial coverage
soup to nutsnarrow
Of small width
focused · specialized · specific · targeted · niche
soup to nutscherry-picked
Chose only supporting evidence
handpicked · hit-or-miss · spotty · patchy · scattered