whole ball of wax
Example Sentences
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“Peter and the Wolf” was the sound of making it: the playing, the narration and amplification, the whole ball of wax.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2021
As Collins says, "It's the whole ball of wax that counts."
From Inc • Jul. 6, 2012
“Ah, that’s the whole ball of wax, isn’t it?”
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2011
And I'm sure there were those in the room who said, 'Look, we said during the campaign we were going to do this; we need to get the whole ball of wax.'
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2010
For Glenn, said his aide Boyd Campbell, Alabama was "the goal-line stand, the whole ball of wax."
From Time Magazine Archive
