Meaning of from cover to cover | Babel Free
Definitions
From the first page (of a book) all the way to the last page.
idiomatic
Equivalents
Deutsch
von Anfang bis Ende
Italiano
da cima a fondo
한국어
완독(完讀)하다
Polski
od deski do deski
Português
de cabo a rabo
Русский
от корки до корки
Türkçe
baştan sona
Examples
“She read Gone With the Wind from cover to cover in less than six hours.”
“In short, every culturally literate person[…] must know who Oblomov is, if he or she intends to participate in the cultural discourse, but no one will ever be blackballed from that discourse for not recognising the name “Goncharov” or not having read his novel from cover to cover.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.