from the cradle to the grave

English

Alternative forms

• from cradle to grave
• from the cradle to the deathbed (less common)

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

from the cradle to the grave

1. (idiomatic) Spanning an entire lifetime; from birth to death.

Related terms

• cradle-to-grave
• from womb to tomb
• hatch, match, and dispatch

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: مِنَ الْمَهْدِ إِلَى اللَّحْدِ (mina l-mahdi ʔilā l-laḥdi)
• Danish: fra vuggen til graven
• Dutch: van de wieg tot het graf
• Faroese: úr vøggu í grøv
• French: du berceau à la tombe
• German: von der Wiege bis zur Bahre (de) (literally “from the cradle to the bier”)
• Greek: από την κούνια έως τον τάφο (apó tin koúnia éos ton táfo)
• Icelandic: frá vöggu til grafar
• Italian: dalla culla alla tomba
• Japanese: 揺り籠から墓場まで (yurikago kara bochi made)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fra vuggen til graven

  Nynorsk: frå vogga til grava

• Polish: od żłobka do nagrobka
• Spanish: de la cuna a la tumba
• Swedish: från vaggan till graven