from stem to stern

1. Lit. from the front of a boat or ship to the back. He inspected the boat from stem to stern and decided he wanted to buy it.

2. Fig. from one end to another. Now, I have to clean the house from stem to stern. I polished my car carefully from stem to stern.

(American)

from one end of something to the other We overhauled the car from stem to stern.

From one end to another.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bratomil	-	Medieval Slavic
Alma (2)	-	Hebrew
Arik	-	Hebrew
Maria	mah-REE-ah (Italian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch), mə-REE-ə (Catalan, English), MAHR-yah (Polish), MAH-ree-ah (Finnish)	Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Faroese, Dutch, Frisian,
NatÁLia	-	Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak
Rokus	RO-kus	Dutch