head to toe

English

Alternative forms

head-to-toe

Pronunciation

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Adverb

head to toe (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Entirely; completely; over one's full body.
He fell in a puddle and ended up covered head to toe in mud.
in reversed positions; in a lying position of two people where each person's feet are juxtaposed with the other person's head
- From The Wink, the 114th episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld:
  - [] we reversed positions so there was no funny business.
  
  - Reversed positions?
  
  - Yeah, you know, head to toe.

Synonyms

cap-a-pie
head to foot
top to toe
top to tail

Translations

entirely; completely; over one's full body

Armenian: ոտքից գլուխ (otkʿicʿ glux)
Bengali: মাথা থেকে পা পর্যন্ত (matha theke pa pôrjôntô)
Dutch: van top tot teen
French: de la tête aux pieds (fr), de pied en cap (fr), des pieds à la tête (fr), depuis les pieds jusqu’à la tête (fr)
German: von Kopf bis Fuß
Greek: πατόκορφα (el) (patókorfa)
Hungarian: tetőtől talpig (hu)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: fra topp til tå

Nynorsk: frå topp til tå
Russian: с головы до пят (ru) (s golovy do pjat)
Spanish: de pies a cabeza
Swedish: från topp till tå
Vietnamese: từ đầu đến đuôi (literally, from head to tail)

in reversed positions

French: tête-bêche (fr)

Swedish: skavfötters (sv)

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