• ОТ А ДО Я (прочитать, знать что и т.п.; ОТ А ДО ЗЕТ; ОТ АЛЬФЫ ДО ОМЕГИ lit; ОТ АЗА ДО ИЖИЦЫ obs, lit
[PrepP; these forms only; adv; fixed WO]
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⇒ (to read sth.) from the very beginning to the very end; (to know sth.) thoroughly:
- [of books, journals etc] (read sth.) from cover to cover;
- [of documents](read sth.) from top to bottom;
- (know sth.) from A to Z;
- (know sth.) inside out.
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← Refers to the first and last letters of the Russian, Latin, Greek, and Slavonic alphabets, respectively.
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.