"from soup to nuts" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: en-au-from soup to nuts.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From the order of courses in a formal full course dinner, which typically begins with soup and ends with a dessert such as nuts. Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} from soup to nuts, {{en-PP}} from soup to nuts
  1. (US) From the first course of a meal to the last. Tags: US Translations (from the first course of the meal to the last): od predjela do deserta (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-from_soup_to_nuts-en-prep_phrase-g6dDkwdx Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'from the first course of the meal to the last': 89 11
  2. (idiomatic, US) From beginning to end; throughout. Tags: US, idiomatic Synonyms: soda to hock, aardvark to zymurgy Synonyms (from beginning to end): A to Z Related terms: soup-to-nuts Translations (from beginning to end): de A à Z (French), ab ovo usque ad mala (Latin), od glave do repa (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-from_soup_to_nuts-en-prep_phrase-R57D2JM4 Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'from beginning to end': 9 91 Disambiguation of 'from beginning to end': 9 91

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