from stem to stern

Meaning: (nautical)Over thefulllengthof a ship or boat, from thefrontend of the vessel to thebackend.c.1607–1608(date written),William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?],The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre.[…], London:[…][William White andThomas Creede] for Henry Gosson,[…], published1609,→OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:My father, as nurse said, did never fear, / But cried ‘Good seaman!’ to the sailors[…]/ Never was waves nor wind more violent; / And from the ladder-tackle washes off / A canvas-climber. ‘Ha!’ says one, ‘wilt out?’ / And with a dropping industry they skip /From stem to stern.1836October,Washington Irving, chapter XVI, inAstoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains.[…], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.:[Henry Charles] Carey,[Isaac] Lea, & Blanchard,→OCLC,page192:The very name of a Sioux became a watchword of terror. Not an elk, a wolf, or any other animal, could appear on the hills, but the boats resounded with exclamationsfrom stem to stern, "voila les Sioux!" "voila les Sioux!" (there are the Sioux! there are the Sioux!)1961December 1, “Armed Forces: The Mightiest Ever”, inTime:From stem to stern, the [U.S.S.] Enterprise measures 1,040 ft.—roughly the height of the 102-story Empire State Building.1913,Edgar Rice Burroughs,The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published1963, page106:The captain ordered an immediate and thorough search of the entire shipfrom stem to stern—no nook or cranny was to be overlooked.2006December 28, Robert Drury, Tom Clavin, “How Lieutenant Ford Saved His Ship”, inNew York Times, retrieved 23 Aug. 2012:[T]he Monterey was ablazefrom stem to sternas Lieutenant Ford stood near the helm, awaiting his orders.; (idiomatic,by extension)From front to back; from one end to the other end.Synonyms:seeThesaurus:completely1861,Charles Reade, chapter 58, inThe Cloister and the Hearth:[T]he horse was the vainer brute of the two; he was far worse beflounced, bebonneted, and bemantled, than any fair lady. . . . [T]his poor animalfrom stem to sternwas swamped in finery.1945August 27, “Science: War on Insects”, inTime:Michigan's Mackinac Island, the Lake Huron resort where automobiles are barred, was sprayedfrom stem to sternwith DDT.2005Oct. 12, Marian Burros, "Take My Steak. Please." (restaurant review),New York Times(retrieved 23 Aug. 2012):Weighing in at four pounds, the lobster was rubbery and tastelessfrom stem to stern.

Examples:

EN: I've arranged to have someone go over it from stem to stern.
ES: Lo he arreglado para que lo examinen de cabo a rabo.
EN: I've been over this tub from stem to stern... and there ain't a sign of that dough anyplace.
ES: Me recorrí esta chalana de cabo a rabo. Ni rastro del dinero.
EN: - Distribute them from stem to stern.
ES: - Repártelos de proa a popa.
EN: - We'll institute a complete search from stem to stern.
ES: Iniciaremos un registro completo de proa a popa.
EN: I'm taking over this boat from stem to stern.
ES: Me adueñaré de este barco de proa a popa.
EN: There she lies burning from stem to stern,
ES: Quedó ardiendo de proa a popa.
EN: I order you completely rehabilitated from stem to stern.
ES: Los declaro completamente rehabilitados... de proa a popa.
EN: I've spent the past two weeks quietly investigating... Morning Glory Circle's new water system from stem to stern... and I have nothing but praise for its planning, construction and materials.
ES: He pasado las dos últimas semanas investigando en silencio el nuevo sistema de aguas de Morning Glory Circle, y sólo puedo alabar su planificación, su construcción y sus materiales.
EN: We checked it over from stem to stern.
ES: La revisamos de proa a popa.
EN: At them, me hearties! Shiver them from stem to stern!
ES: ¡A por ellos, queridos!
EN: We've searched again from stem to stern.
ES: Buscamos nuevamente de proa a popa.
EN: I'm gonna shiver your timbers from stem to stern, you...
ES: Te voy a romper las costillas de proa a popa...
EN: And the guns we're using will rip through this old house from stem to stern.
ES: Las armas que usaremos van a atravesar esta casa de un extremo a otro.
EN: We cleaned that ship from stem to stern, there's just lots of dynamite.
ES: Hemos revisado ese barco de proa a popa y no hay nada. Sólo dinamita, un montón de dinamita. ¿Cómo puede estar tan seguro de que hay un hombre a bordo?
EN: You are so lucky I'm allergic to any blood other than my own, because if I weren't, I would cut you open from stem to stern and dance in the red, red river of your death.
ES: ¡Tienes suerte de que sea alérgica a toda sangre... excepto la mía, porque si no lo fuera, te abriría... y bailaría en el río rojo de tu muerte!

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