head to toe

English

Alternative forms

• head-to-toe, from head to toe

Etymology

From Middle English (fram) heved to þe ton.

Pronunciation

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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
   • 1995, Tom Gammill and Max Pross, “The Wink”, in Seinfeld, season 7, episode 4:

     -we reversed positions so there was no funny business.- Reversed positions?
     - Yeah, you know, head to toe.

Synonyms

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

Translations

entirely; completely; over one's full body

• Armenian: ոտքից գլուխ (otkʻicʻ glux)
• Bengali: মাথা থেকে পা পর্যন্ত (matha theke pa porjonto)
• Dutch: van top tot teen
• Finnish: päästä varpaisiin
• 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)
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• Hungarian: tetőtől talpig (hu)
• Japanese: 全身 (ja) (zenshin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fra topp til tå

  Nynorsk: frå topp til tå

• Polish: od czubka głowy do pięt (pl), od stóp do głów (pl)
• 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)