body and soul
idiom
: with all of your energy and enthusiasm
He devoted himself body and soul to the cause.
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Choosing burial gently affirms this faith and expresses hope in the enduring bond between body and soul.
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Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
Soup is a one-pot wonder, the ultimate comfort food that soothes both body and soul.
—Cheryl Russell, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
Slathered in iodine and left to his own devices, Kelson is kept alive by his service to those who’ve been killed, and the work has sustained him in body and soul.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2026
In capturing Northup’s journey from being kidnapped as a free man to over a decade in captivity, McQueen creates a film connected to both body and soul and the degrading, still festering evils of America's system of enslavement.
—Chris Feil, Vanity Fair, 30 Dec. 2025
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Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
Soup is a one-pot wonder, the ultimate comfort food that soothes both body and soul.
—Cheryl Russell, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
Slathered in iodine and left to his own devices, Kelson is kept alive by his service to those who’ve been killed, and the work has sustained him in body and soul.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2026
In capturing Northup’s journey from being kidnapped as a free man to over a decade in captivity, McQueen creates a film connected to both body and soul and the degrading, still festering evils of America's system of enslavement.
—Chris Feil, Vanity Fair, 30 Dec. 2025
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“Body and soul.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20and%20soul. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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