Soup to nuts

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Soup To Nuts Meaning

The idiom “soup to nuts” means another way to say from the beginning to the end or from start to finish.

Origin of this idiomatic phrase

The phrase “soup to nuts” appears to have first been used in America in the 1920s. However, the phrase existed in Latin long before this and has been said in many different other ways over time including “from eggs to apples” and “from soda to hock.” These were older synonyms of the phrase “soup to nuts,” which is the phrase that became the most popular. The phrase derived from the serving of a full course meal which typically began with some type of soup and ended with a dessert containing nuts.

“Soup To Nuts” Examples

Example Sentences

Evelyn knows everything about the situation from soup to nuts.
I asked my kids what happened and they told me everything from soup to nuts.
It looks like she brought everything from soup to nuts.
They supply the fisherman with everything from soup to nuts.
It would be a good idea to follow the process from soup to nuts.
They also want a consultant who can handle everything from soup to nuts.
We looked at everything from soup to nuts.
“I did it all, from soup to nuts, ” he says.