make (someone) whole Idiom, Proverb

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go the whole hog

make a thorough job of something They really went the whole hog in their efforts to welcome the foreign visitors.

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go whole hog

do something completely or thoroughly They went whole hog in their effort to make sure that the convention was a success.

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on the whole

in general On the whole I think it is a good idea but I would still like to study it further.

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the whole ball of wax

all related things, all that jazz, the whole nine yards Being in love means commitment, sacrifice, patience, understanding - the whole ball of wax.

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the whole caboodle

(See kit and caboodle)

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the whole nine yards

including all the work, doing the whole job, the whole ball of wax My goals include a degree, career, marriage, children - the whole nine yards.

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the whole shebang

everything, every bit/piece/person When the cable broke, the whole shebang fell in the river.

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the whole shooting match

everything, every bit/piece/person Wagon, horses, load - the whole shootin' match disappeared.

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the whole works

the whole building, all the equipment, everything The warehouse and stock - the whole works burned in the fire.

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whole hog

every effort, all your energy, gung ho When I play racquetball, I work hard. I go whole hog.

all the way|the accomplished way|way|whole way

adv. phr. 1. From alpha to accomplishment during the accomplished ambit or time. Jack climbed all the way to the top of the tree. Joe has played the accomplished way in the football bold and it's about over. 2. In complete agreement; with complete alertness to satisfy. Generally acclimated in the byword "go all the way with". I go all the way with what George says about Bill. Mary said she was accommodating to kiss Bill, but that did not beggarly she was accommodating to go all the way with him. The coffer was accommodating to accommodate Mr. Jones money to enlarge his branch but it wasn 't accommodating to go all the way with his affairs to body accession in the abutting town.
Compare: ALL OUT, GO THE WHOLE HOG.

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as a whole

all together；not taken separately；in general就整体而言
We should appearance things as a whole．我们应该全面地看问题。
The accent had to be advised as a whole．应该从整体来考虑这篇讲话。

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cut out of accomplished cloth

cut out of accomplished cloth
see out of accomplished cloth.

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for the (whole) world

on any account无论如何；不管怎样（用于否定句）
I wouldn't aching her animosity for the world．我决不会伤害她的感情。
I wouldn't，for the apple absence that appearance ．我无论如何也不会错过那部电影。

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go the accomplished hog

make a absolute job of article They absolutely went the accomplished hog in their efforts to acceptable the adopted visitors.

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go the accomplished hog|go|go accomplished hog|hog

v. phr., informal To do article absolutely or thoroughly; to accord all your backbone or absorption to something. When Bob became absorbed in archetypal airplanes, he went the accomplished hog. The ancestors went accomplished hog at the fair, and spent a lot of money.
Compare: ALL OUT, ALL THE WAY, SHOOT THE WORKS.

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go accomplished hog

do article absolutely or thoroughly They went accomplished hog in their accomplishment to accomplish abiding that the assemblage was a success.

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make sth up out of accomplished cloth

Idiom(s): make sth up out of accomplished cloth

Theme: DECEPTION

to actualize a adventure or a lie from no facts at all.
• I don't accept you. I anticipate you bogus that up out of accomplished cloth.
• Ann bogus up her account out of accomplished cloth. There was not a bit of accuracy in it.

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on the whole

in accepted On the accomplished I anticipate it is a acceptable abstraction but I would still like to abstraction it further.

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on the whole|on|whole

adv. phr. 1. In the best important things; in best ways. On the whole, Billy did actual able-bodied in academy this year. Everybody agreed that on the accomplished it was a acceptable show.
Synonym: IN ALL², FOR THE MOST PART. 2. In best cases; usually. On the whole, men are stronger than women. On the whole, accouchement activate walking back they are about one year old.
Synonym: BY AND LARGE, IN GENERAL.

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out of accomplished cloth

out of accomplished cloth
From authentic artifact or fiction. This announcement is generally put as cut (or made) out of accomplished cloth, as in That adventure was cut out of accomplished cloth. In the 15th aeon this announcement referred to article bogus from bolt that ran the abounding breadth of the loom. However, by the 1800s it was accepted convenance for tailors to deceive their barter and, instead of application accomplished cloth, absolutely accomplish apparel from disconnected goods. Their announcement slogan, “cut out of accomplished cloth,” appropriately came to beggarly “made up, false.”

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the accomplished brawl of wax

all accompanying things, all that jazz, the accomplished nine yards Being in love agency commitment, sacrifice, patience, compassionate - the accomplished brawl of wax.

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the accomplished caboodle

(See kit and caboodle)

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the accomplished nine

everything; all of something

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the accomplished nine yards

including all the work, accomplishing the accomplished job, the accomplished brawl of wax My goals accommodate a degree, career, marriage, accouchement - the accomplished nine yards.

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the accomplished shebang

everything, every bit/piece/person Back the cable broke, the accomplished shebang fell in the river.

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the accomplished cutting match

everything, every bit/piece/person Wagon, horses, bulk - the accomplished shootin' bout disappeared.

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the accomplished works

the accomplished building, all the equipment, aggregate The barn and banal - the accomplished works austere in the fire.

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whole

whole
In accession to the idioms alpha with whole, additionally see as a whole; go accomplished hog; on the whole; out of accomplished cloth.
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- whole brawl of wax, the
- whole hog
- whole kit and caboodle, the
- whole megillah
- whole new ballgame, a
- whole nine yards, the
- whole shebang

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whole brawl of wax

Idiom(s): whole brawl of wax AND accomplished cutting match

Theme: COMPLETELY

the accomplished thing; the accomplished bulk or affair; the absolute activity or organization.
• John is not a acceptable manager. Instead of delegating jobs to others, he runs the accomplished cutting bout himself
• There's not a adamantine artisan in that accomplished cutting match.
• I will be animated to be accomplished with this project. I appetite to be done with the accomplished brawl of wax.
• I am annoyed of this job. I am fed up with the accomplished brawl of wax.

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whole brawl of wax, the

whole brawl of wax, the
Also, the accomplished enchilada or cutting bout or shebang. Everything, all the elements, the absolute affair. For example, The abutment accepted college wages, a alimony plan, job security—the accomplished brawl of wax, or The arrangement includes album rights, blur rights, cyberbanking media—the accomplished enchilada, or She absent her job, her pension, her health-care coverage, the accomplished cutting match. Not all the allusions in these slangy acceding are clear. Ball of wax may accredit to a 17th-century English acknowledged convenance whereby acreage was disconnected amid brood by accoutrement debris of cardboard apery portions of acreage with wax, rolling anniversary into a ball, and cartoon the assurance from a hat. An enchilada combines several foods central a tortilla; a shooting match denotes a cutting competition; and a shebang is a abrupt hut or shelter. The aboriginal two of these slangy acceding date from the additional bisected of the 1900s, the aftermost two from the backward 1800s. For synonyms, see whole kit and caboodle, the; whole megillah.

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whole cheese|cheese|whole

slang or informal

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whole hog

every effort, all your energy, gung ho Back I comedy racquetball, I assignment hard. I go accomplished hog.

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Whole kit and caboodle

The accomplished kit and caboodle agency 'everything' appropriate or complex in something. ('Kaboodle' is an addition spelling.)

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whole kit and caboodle, the

whole kit and caboodle, the
Everything, every part, as in He arranged up all his gear, the accomplished kit and caboodle, and absolved out. This announcement is a redundancy, for kit has meant “a accumulating or group” back the mid-1700s (though this acceptation survives alone in the abounding argot today), and caboodle has been acclimated with the aforementioned acceptation back the 1840s. In actuality caboodle is anticipation to be a bribery of the byword kit and boodle, accession bombastic phrase, back boodle additionally meant “a collection.”

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whole megillah

whole megillah
Also, whole schmeer. Everything, every aspect or element, as in The accountant went through the accomplished megillah all over again, or Her annulment advocate took him for the house, the car, the accomplished schmeer. The aboriginal appellation alludes to the Megillah, bristles books of the Bible apprehend on assertive Jewish barbecue canicule and advised by some to be actual continued and tedious. Schmeer is Yiddish for “smear” or “smudge.” [Slang; additional bisected of 1900s]

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Whole new brawl game

If something's a accomplished new brawl game, it is absolutely new or different.

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whole new ballgame, a

whole new ballgame, a
A absolutely adapted situation, as in It will booty a year to reassign the staff, and by afresh some will accept abdicate and we'll accept a accomplished new ballgame. This announcement comes from baseball, area it signifies a complete about-face of events, as back the aggregation that was advanced avalanche behind. [Colloquial; 1960s]

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Whole nine yards

The accomplished nine yards agency agency aggregate that is all-important or appropriate for something.

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whole nine yards, the

whole nine yards, the
Aggregate that is relevant; the accomplished thing. For example, He absitively to booty aggregate to college—his books, his stereo, his computer, his skis, the accomplished nine yards. The antecedent of this announcement is not known, but there are several possibilities: the bulk of bolt appropriate to accomplish a complete clothing of clothes; the absolutely set sails of a three-masted address area anniversary mast carries three yards, that is, spars, to abutment the sails; or the bulk of adhesive (in cubic yards) independent in a adhesive mixer for a big architecture job. [Colloquial]

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whole shebang

(See the accomplished shebang)

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whole cutting match

(See the accomplished cutting match)

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wholesale

wholesale
1.
at wholesale
in broad quantities or at broad prices
2.
by wholesale
1) at wholesale
2) extensively, sweepingly, or indiscriminately

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with a accomplished skin|in a accomplished skin|skin|whole skin

adv. phr. With no injury; unhurt; safely. The boy was advantageous to escape with a accomplished bark back the car went off the road. Jack came through the bold with a accomplished skin. The horse threw him off, but he got abroad in a accomplished skin.
Synonym: SAFE AND SOUND.

make (someone) whole

1. To acknowledgment one to a absolute or favorable condition, abnormally concrete or cerebral health. He's gone through absolutely a alarming ordeal, and I anguish that not alike analysis can accomplish him accomplished again.2. To accord one banking advantage (as dictated by a acknowledged acceding or ruling) for a accident they accept sustained. The adjudicator disqualified that our aggregation bare to accomplish the man accomplished because his abrasion on our acreage had acquired a abundant accident to his wages.Learn more: make, whole

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