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)

(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.
- 1995, Tom Gammill, 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

See Thesaurus:completely

Translations

entirely; completely; over one's full body

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: ոտքից գլուխ (otkʿicʿ glux)
Belarusian: з галавы да ног (z halavy da noh), з ног да галавы (z noh da halavy)
Bengali: মাথা থেকে পা পর্যন্ত (bn) (matha theke pa porjonto)
Breton: penn-da-benn (br) (literally “head to head”)
Catalan: de cap a peus (literally “from head to feet”)
Danish: fra top til tå
Dutch: van top tot teen (literally “from top to toe[s]”)
Finnish: päästä varpaisiin
French: de la tête aux pieds (fr) (literally “from the head to [the] feet”), de pied en cap (fr), des pieds à la tête (fr) (literally “from [the] feet to the head”), depuis les pieds jusqu’à la tête (fr) (literally “from the feet to the head”)
German: von Kopf bis Fuß (literally “from head to foot”)
Greek: πατόκορφα (el) (patókorfa)
Hebrew: מִכַּף רֶגֶל וְעַד רֹאשׁ (he) (mikkáf régel v'ad rosh)
Hungarian: tetőtől talpig (hu) (literally “from top to sole”)
Irish: please add this translation if you can
Old Irish: ó mulluch co talmain (literally “from top to Earth”)
Japanese: 頭の天辺から足の爪先まで (あたまのてっぺんからあしのつまさきまで, atama no teppen kara ashi no tsumasaki made), 全身 (ja) (ぜんしん, zenshin)
Latin: a capite ad calcem
Macedonian: од глава до петици (od glava do petici, literally “from head to heels”)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fra topp til tå

Nynorsk: frå topp til tå
Ottoman Turkish: باشدن ایاغه (başdan ayağa)
Persian: سراپا (fa) (sarâ-pâ)
Polish: od czubka głowy do pięt (pl), od stóp do głów (pl) (literally “from feet to heads”)
Portuguese: da cabeça aos pés, de cabo a rabo (pt) (literally “from head to tail”), de fio a pavio (pt), dos pés à cabeça (pt)
Romanian: de la cap la coadă
Russian: с головы до пят (ru) (s golovy do pjat), с головы до ног (s golovy do nog)
Spanish: de pies a cabeza (literally “from feet to head”)
Swedish: från topp till tå
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: từ đầu đến đuôi (literally “from head to tail”)
Welsh: o'r corun i'r sawdl

in reversed positions

French: tête-bêche (fr)
Swedish: skavfötters (sv)

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