forty ways from Sunday

Thoroughly or completely; in every possible way; from every conceivable angle. Everyone had their money on the reigning champion, but he was beaten forty ways from Sunday by the newcomer. We researched the case forty ways from Sunday, but there didn't seem to be any way that we could win with the evidence at hand.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Merfyn	-	Welsh
EncarnaciÓN	en-kahr-nah-THYON (Spanish), en-kahr-nah-SYON (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Jannette	JAN-ət, jə-NET	English
RozĀLija	-	Latvian
Selina	[sə'li:nə]
Tsukiko	tsoo-kee-ko	Japanese