to the core

English

Prepositional phrase

to the core

1. Completely, down to one's very essence.

   Synonyms: to the bone; see also Thesaurus:to the full

Derived terms

• rotten to the core

Translations

down to one's very essence

• Finnish: läpeensä (fi)
• French: jusqu’à la moelle (fr)
• Italian: fino al midollo, fino all'osso
• Polish: do szpiku kości (pl), na wskroś (pl), na wylot, do cna (pl)
• Russian: наскво́зь (ru) (naskvózʹ), до мо́зга косте́й (ru) (do mózga kostéj)
• Spanish: hasta la médula
• Swedish: (ända) in i märgen, (ända) ut i fingerspetsarna (sv), alltigenom (sv)

Further reading

• “to the core”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “to the core”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “to the core”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “to the core” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “to the core” (US) / “to the core” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “to the core”, in Collins English Dictionary.