body and soul

English

Adverb

body and soul (not comparable)

Wholeheartedly.
- 1956, Cyril Hume, Forbidden Planet, spoken by Commander Adams (Leslie Nielsen):
  You still think she's immune? She's joined herself to me, body and soul!

Related terms

keep body and soul together

Translations

Translations

Dutch: met hart en ziel
Finnish: sielulla ja sydämellä
French: corps et âme (fr)
German: mit Leib und Seele
Hungarian: szívvel-lélekkel (hu)
Indonesian: jiwa dan raga, jiwa raga
Italian: anima e corpo
Japanese: 全身全霊 (ja) (zenshinzenrei)
Polish: duszą i ciałem
Romanian: trup și suflet
Russian: душо́й и те́лом (ru) (dušój i télom)
Spanish: en cuerpo y alma
Swedish: kropp och själ

Further reading

“body and soul”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“body and soul”, in Collins English Dictionary.
“body and soul” (US) / “body and soul” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
“body and soul” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.

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