boots and all



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boots and all

With maximum effort or enthusiasm; completely and without restraint. Primarily heard in Australia, New Zealand. If we set about digging that trench boots and all, then we should be finished before lunchtime.
See also: all, and, boot

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Victorinobeek-to-REE-no (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Adolph['ædɔlf]
Spyridon-Greek, Late Greek
Honoratahaw-naw-RAH-tah (Polish)Late Roman, Polish
SÍLvia-Portuguese, Catalan
Aputsiaq-Native American, Greenlandic