from the cradle to the grave

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Fig. from birth to death. The government promised to take care of us from the cradle to the grave. You can feel secure and well-protected from the cradle to the grave.

See also: cradle, grave

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You are a comic little figure, hopping from the cradle to the grave. The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context It broke; it was resumed broken, not marching once from the cradle to the grave. A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context Our mental existences, which are immaterial and have no dimensions, are passing along the Time-Dimension with a uniform velocity from the cradle to the grave. The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context			from giddy-up to whoa from git-go from hand to hand from head to toe from hell from hell to breakfast from here on from here till next Tuesday from hunger from Missouri from my perspective from of the top drawer from on high from one moment to the next from overseas from pillar to post from rags to riches from scratch from sea to shining sea from side to side from soup to nuts from start to finish from stem to stern from the bottom of heart from the corner of eye from the cradle to the grave from the ground up from the heart from the horse's mouth from the old school from the outset from the ridiculous to the sublime from the sublime to the ridiculous From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step from the top from the word go from the year dot from there to here from this day on from time immemorial from time to time from tip to toe from top to bottom from top to toe from way back front front for front off front on front some amount of money front-runner			From Sea to Shining Sea From Segregation to Civil Rights from side to side From Sound to Image From Sound to Image From Sound to Image From Soup to Nuts from start to finish from start to finish from start to finish from stem to stern from stem to stern from stem to stern from stem to stern from stem to stern From Takers to Creators of Jobs From Teesside With Love from that cause from that time From the Article From the Beginning from the bottom of heart from the bottom of heart from the bottom of heart from the bottom of heart from the bottom of heart From the Bottom of My Broken Heart From the Bottom of My Heart From the Choirgirl Hotel from the corner of eye from the cradle to the grave From the Desk Of From The Dragon's Den From the Earth to the Moon From the Earth to the Moon from the face of the earth From The Farking Article from the first from the first from the first from the first From the Flames Productions From the Folate after Coronary Intervention Trial from the four corners of the earth From the Garden to the Table from the ground up from the ground up from the ground up from the ground up from the ground up from the ground up From the Hallows from the heart from the heart from the heart from the heart from the heart From The Heart (The Greatest Hits) From The Heart (The Greatest Hits) (2002) From the Heart Animal Rescue From the Heart Church Ministry

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