from head to foot
Encompassing one's entire body; from top to bottom. Typically refers to how one is dressed and groomed. This is a fancy event, so you need to look good from head to foot. Schedule a haircut and shine your shoes. We're going to church today, so be sure to clean the kids from head to foot. A: "Are you getting your hair done?" B: "Of course. For a gala event like this, you have to look glamorous from head to foot."
from head to toe
Encompassing one's entire body; from top to bottom. Typically refers to how one is dressed and groomed. This is a fancy event, so you need to look good from head to toe. Schedule a haircut and shine your shoes. We're going to church today, so be sure to clean the kids from head to toe. A: "Are you getting your hair done?" B: "Of course. For a gala event like this, you have to look glamorous from head to toe."
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from head to toe
Fig. from the top of one's head to one's feet. She was decked out in flowers from head to toe. The huge parka covered the small child from head to toe, assuring that she would be well-protected against the cold.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
from head to toe
Also, from head to heels or foot ; from tip or top to toe . Over the entire body, in its entirety. For example, He was dressed in black from head to toe, or She ached all over, from tip to toe. These expressions date from ancient times. The alliterative head to heels originated about 1400, and Shakespeare had "from top to toe" in Hamlet (1:2).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
from head to toe
or from head to foot
COMMON You use
from head to toe or
from head to foot to talk about the whole of someone's body.
She was covered from head to toe with black and blue marks. She was trembling from head to foot. Note: You can also just say
head to toe or
head to foot.
She was dressed head to toe in black. The boy is wrapped head to foot in a green blanket. Note: You can use
head-to-toe or
head-to-foot before a noun.
He turned up clad in head-to-toe black. Standing against the wall was this man in head-to-foot leather. Compare with
from top to toe.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
from head to toe (or foot)
all over your body.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
from ˌhead to ˈfoot/ˈtoe
all over your body; completely: She was dressed from head to foot in white. ♢ He was covered from head to foot in mud.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017