body and soul

English

Adverb

body and soul (not comparable)

1. 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.