head to toe

English

Alternative forms

• head-to-toe

Adverb

head to toe (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Entirely; completely; over one's full body.

   He fell in a puddle and ended up covered head to toe in mud.

2. 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

• head to foot
• top to toe

Translations

entirely; completely; over one's full body

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