whole works

In “The Hiding Place,” we see Corrie distracted by life’s gears, the springs, the myriad things that might throw the whole works off.

In fact, whole works would be broken up, scrambled out of order and integrated with the other pieces.

Mrs. Kiss, who is now the social chairwoman for her floor, recently organized a summer social on the patio with hamburgers, ice cream and “the whole works.”

“When somebody needs it, or you lose somebody, the whole works is just like one big family,” she said.

Please, however, be generous with the dill, which brightens up the whole works.